Data from: The dimensionality of stability depends on disturbance type

Ecosystems respond in various ways to disturbances. Quantifying ecological
stability therefore requires inspecting multiple stability properties,
such as resistance, recovery, persistence, and invariability. Correlations
among these properties can reduce the dimensionality of stability,
simplifying the study of environmental effects on ecosystems. A key
question is how the kind of disturbance affects these correlations. We
here investigated the effect of three disturbance types (random,
species-specific, local) applied at four intensity levels, on the
dimensionality of stability at the population and community level. We used
previously parameterized models that represent five natural communities,
varying in species richness and the number of trophic levels. We found
that disturbance type but not intensity affected the dimensionality of
stability and only at the population level. The dimensionality of
stability also varied greatly among species and communities. Therefore,
studying stability cannot be simplified to using a single metric and
multi-dimensional assessments are still to be recommended.