Stress, Environmental

dc.contributor.author	Cairns, John Jr.	en
dc.contributor.department	Biological Sciences	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-01-23T02:36:24Z	en
dc.date.available	2014-01-23T02:36:24Z	en
dc.date.issued	2013	en
dc.description.abstract	Environmental stress is an action, agent, or condition that impairs the structure or function of a biological system. This environmental stress can be natural, like hurricanes, droughts, floods and fires for example, or anthropogenic, meaning resulting from human actions._ Both natural and anthropogenic environmental stresses can be characterized based on their spatial distribution, temporal distribution, intensity, and novelty. _Some studies of environmental stress are used for appraisal or accounting purposes to assess the condition of biological systems that exist at a particular point in time, while others serve a more predictive function in order to prevent future damage before it occurs.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/24990	en
dc.identifier.url	http://www.johncairns.net/Papers/Stress.pdf	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier Inc.	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	biosphere	en
dc.subject	biotic impoverishment	en
dc.subject	ecosystem services	en
dc.subject	environmental stress	en
dc.subject	tipping point	en
dc.subject	uncertainty	en
dc.title	Stress, Environmental	en
dc.title.serial	Encyclopedia of Biodiversity	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.type.dcmitype	Text	en

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