Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Why Resilience? Why Now? Lance H. Gunderson, and Craig P. Allen -- Part One: Concepts and Theory -- Commentary on Part One Articles, Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C. S. Holling -- Article 1: Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems, C. S. Holling -- Article 2: Engineering Resilience versus Ecological Resilience, C. S. Holling -- Article 3: The Resilience of Terrestrial Ecosystems: Local Surprise and Global Change, C. S. Holling -- Article 4: Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Management, Carl Folke Steve Carpenter, Brian Walker, Marten Scheffer, Thomas Elmqvist, Lance Gunderson, and C. S. Holling -- Article 5: Biological Diversity, Ecosystems, and the Human Scale, Carl Folke, C. S. Holling, and Carles Perrings -- Article 6: Ecological Resilience, Biodiversity, and Scale, Garry Peterson, Craig R. Allen and C. S. Holling -- Part Two: Ecological Examples -- Commentary on Part Two Articles, Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C. S. Holling -- Article 7: Catastrophes, Phase Shifts, and Large-Scale Degradation of a Caribbean Coral Reef, Terence P. Hughes -- Article 8: Sea Otters and Kelp Forests in Alaska: Generality and Variation in a Community Ecological Paradigm, James A. Estes and David O. Duggins -- Article 9: Body Mass Patterns Predict Invasions and Extinctions in Transforming Landscapes, Craig R. Allen, Elizabeth A. Forys, and C. S. Holling -- Part Three: Empirics and Models -- Commentary on Part Three Articles, Craig R. Allen, Lance H. Gunderson, and C. S. Holling -- Article 10: Resource Science: The Nurture of an Infant, C. S. Holling and A. D. Chambers -- Article 11: Lessons for Ecological Policy Design: A Case Study of Ecosystem Management, William C. Clark, Dixon D. Jones, and C. S Holling.

Article 12: Qualitative Analysis of Insect Outbreak Systems: The Spruce Budworm and the Forest, D. Ludwig, D. D. Jones, and C. S. Holling -- Conclusion: The Evolution of an Idea-the Past, Present, and Future of Ecological Resilience, Lance H. Gunderson, C. S. Holling, and Craing R. Allen -- Selected Bibliography -- Permissions and Original Sources -- Index.