Amelia Penny

May 14, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Amelia Penny |Maria Dornelas |Anne E. Magurran

Downstream analysis: ‘How is long-term directional change generated?’ Long-term directional change emerges from shorter term shifts away from the baseline composition, from which the assemblage does not completely recover. We term these ‘persistent divergent’ (PD) changes. Time series with different overall trajectories are expected to differ in the number and magnitude of PD changes.