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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Papers in Natural Resources Natural Resources, School of 1-1-2009 Panarchy: Discontinuities Reveal Similarities in the Dynamic System Structure of Ecological and Social Systems Ahjond S. Garmestani U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Craig R . Allen University of N ebraska - Lincoln, callen3@ Lance Gunderson Emory U niversity Follow this and additional works at : /natrespapers Part of the Natural Resources and Conservation Commons Garmestani, Ahjond S.; Allen, Craig R .; and Gunderson, Lance, Panarchy: Discontinuities Reveal Similarities in the Dynamic System Structure of Ecological and Social Systems (2009). Pap ers in Natural Resources. Paper 166. /natrespapers/166 This Article is brought to you for free and open access y the Natural Resources, School of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Papers in Natural Resources y an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Copyright © 2009 by the author(s). Published here under license by the Resilience Alliance. Garmestani, A. S., C. R. Allen, and L. Gunderson. 2009. Panarchy: discontinuities reveal similarities in the dynamic system structure of ecological and social systems. Ecology and Society 14(1): 15. [online] URL: /vol14/iss1/art15/ Insight , part of a Special Feature on Catastrophic Thresholds, Perspectives, Definitions, and Applications Panarchy: Discontinuities Reveal Similarities in the Dynamic System Structure of Ecological and Social Systems 1 2 3 Ahjond S. Garmestani , Craig R. Allen , and Lance Gunderson ABSTRACT. In this paper, we review the empirical evidence of discontinuous distributions in complex systems within the context of panarchy