Early warning signals are hampered by a lack of critical transitions in empirical lake data
D. A. O'Brien, S. Deb, G. Gal, S. J. Thackeray, P. S. Dutta, S.-i. S. Matsuzaki, L. May, C. F. Clements
This study evaluates early warning signals for ecological regime shifts in lake data and finds few critical transitions, with mixed performance of prediction methods.
bioRxiv · May 11, 2023 · PreprintEcology