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Catastrophic Events

Catastrophic Events is a theoretical construct in the study of extinction risk that denotes rare, high-impact disturbances causing abrupt and severe reductions in population size or biodiversity across multiple species or ecosystems.

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Extinction risk from climate change

Chris D. Thomas, A. Cameron, Rhys E. Green et al. · Nature · 2004 · 7.7K citations · Full text

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Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems

Marten Scheffer, Jonathan A. Foley, Carl Folke et al. · Nature · 2001 · 7.3K citations

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Catastrophic cascade of failures in interdependent networks

Sergey V. Buldyrev, Roni Parshani, Gerald Paul et al. · Nature · 2010 · 4.4K citations · Full text

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Accelerating extinction risk from climate change

Mark C. Urban · Science · 2015 · 2.4K citations

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Thresholds of hypoxia for marine biodiversity

Raquel Vaquer‐Sunyer, Carlos M. Duarte · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 2K citations · Full text

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  1. YY
    Yacov Y. Haimes

    University of Virginia, United States

    8 publications · 200 citations

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  2. NK
    Naim Kapucu

    University of Central Florida, United States

    8 publications · 775 citations

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  3. TE
    T. Ermolieva

    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

    7 publications · 212 citations

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  4. WF
    W. F. Bottke

    Southwest Research Institute, United States

    7 publications · 613 citations

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  5. MS
    Marten Scheffer

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    7 publications · 8.5K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    35 h-index

    147 publications

    9.1K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    30 h-index

    73 publications

    5.5K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    26 h-index

    65 publications

    5.3K citations

  4. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    55 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    51 publications

    5.8K citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    23 h-index

    50 publications

    11.4K citations

  7. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    21 h-index

    47 publications

    3.9K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    21 h-index

    82 publications

    3.5K citations

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  1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 32 publications · 9.7K citations

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  2. Science

    35 publications · 7.5K citations

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 33 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    34 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. Scientific Reports

    35 publications · 1.8K citations

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