A selection of influential papers from C.S. “Buzz” Holling (with links)

predation Holling, C. S. 1959. The components of predation as revealed by a study of small mammal predation of the European Pine Sawfly. Can. Ent. 91:293-320. http://oadoi.org/10.4039/Ent91293-5 Holling’s early work formulating a mathematical theory of predation. Resilience Holling, C.S., Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 1973. 4(1): p. 1-23. https://oadoi.org/10.1146/annurev.es.04.110173.000245 Introduction of idea of ecological resilience, as the degree of disturbance a system can take before it reorganizes into another configuration. Holling, C. S. 1986. The resilience of terrestrial ecosystems: local surprise and global change. Pages 292-317 in W. C. Clark and R. E. Munn, editors. Sustainable development of the biosphere. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Introduction of conception of a dynamic of resilience – his adaptive cycle, which proposes that tensions between processes operating at multiple scales often produces a cycle between creation and destruction of resilient systems. Holling, C. S. 2001. Understanding the complexity of economic, ecological, and social systems. Ecosystems 4:390-405. http://oadoi.org/10.1007/s10021-001-0101-5 Holling’s summary of how cross-scale interactions can shape resilience, which is explored at length in the edited book Panarchy. Gunderson, L., and C. S. Holling, editors. 2002. Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Island Press, Washington, DC. A diverse team of authors explore cross-scale dynamics of resilience and transformation. Folke, C., S. Carpenter, B. Walker, M. Scheffer, T. Elmqvist, L. Gunderson, and C. S. Holling. 2004. Regime shifts, resilience, and biodiversity in ecosystem management. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics 35:557-581. http://oadoi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020328.x 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.35.021103.105711 A review paper that summarzies evidence for importance of resilience in human dominated ecosystems. Practice of Ecological Management Holling, C. S., and A. D. Chambers. 1973. Resource science: the nurture of an infant. Bioscience 23:13-20. http://oadoi.org/10.2307/1296362 Early paper proposing practical strategies for guiding transdisciplinary problem solving processes. Holling, C.S., ed. Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management. 1978, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis: Vienna, Austria. Edited book from the team that developed adaptive environmental assessment and management. Clark, W. C., D. D. Jones, and C. S. Holling. 1979. Lessons for ecological policy design: A case study of ecosystem management. Ecological Modelling 7:1-53. http://oadoi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020328.x 10.1016/0304-3800(79)90008-5 Paper contrasting command and control type management versus an approach that embraces uncertainty, complexity and learning. Holling, C. S., and G. K. Meffe. 1996. Command and control and the pathology of natural resource management. Conservation Biology 10:328-337. http://oadoi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020328.x An argument against command and control management,. Walters, C. J., and C. S. Holling. 1990. Large-scale management experiments and learning by doing. Ecology 71:2060-2068. http://oadoi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020328.x 10.2307/1938620 An argument and example that demonstrates that science and management can benefit from, large scale experimental management of human dominated ecosystems Gunderson, L. H., C. S. Holling, and S. S. Light, editors. 1995. Barriers and bridges to the renewal of ecosystems and institutions. Columbia University Press, New York. A review synthesizing lessons from experimental and learning approaches to ecosystem management across a range of ecosystems. Scale Holling, C. S. 1992. Cross-scale morphology, geometry, and dynamics of ecosystems. Ecological Monographs 62:447-502. http://oadoi.org/10.2307/2937313 Holling’s integration of behavioural and the cross-scale structures of ecosystems. Peterson, G., C. R. Allen, and C. S. Holling. 1998. Ecological resilience, biodiversity, and scale. Ecosystems 1:6-18. http://oadoi.org/10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020328.x 10.1007/s100219900002 An argument that understanding ecosystem processes requires understanding how specieis interaction across scales needs to incorporate cross-scale dyanmics. Most of these papers are collected in 2010 Island Press book “Foundations of Ecological Resilience” Edited by Lance H. Gunderson, CR Allen, and C. S. Holling