@conference {JRN54429,
	title = {Operationalizing resilience using state and transition models},
	booktitle = {68th World Congress on Ecological Restoration},
	year = {2015},
	month = {08/2015},
	address = {Manchester, UK},
	abstract = {<p>In management, restoration, and policy contexts, the notion of resilience can be confusing. Systematic development of conceptual models of ecological state change (state transition models; STMs) can help overcome semantic confusion and promote a mechanistic understanding of resilience. Drawing on examples from rangelands, I describe basic state change concepts (equilibrium, nonequilibrium, and regime shifts) and how they are matched (or mismatched) to specific ecosystems via historical, comparative, experimental, and monitoring evidence. A key issue is to distinguish regime shifts from other forms of state change. STMs should distinguish strategies used to prevent regime shifts vs. the restoration and management of historical/hybrid/novel ecosystems following a regime shift. Important challenges in the development of STMs include 1) defining reference conditions, 2) considering climate change, and 3) information delivery to users.\&nbsp; Paper No. SY48.2.</p>
},
	author = {Brandon T Bestelmeyer}
}
