How Ecosystems Respond to Stress.docVIP

How Ecosystems Respond to Stress Common properties of arid and aquatic systems David J. Rapport1,3, Walter G. Whitford2,4 1 Member of the Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada NIG 2W1, and of the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B8. 2 Senior Research Ecologist in the US Environmental Protection Agencys Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Characterization Research Division, Las Vegas, NV 89193-3478. 3 E-mail: drapport@oac.uoguelph.ca4 E-mail: wawhitfo@nmsu.edu Nea