Table 2. Generalized levels of potential and connectedness in the four phases of the adaptive cycle, and observed time period with these theoretically assumed combinations of low and high levels of potential and connectedness in the case area.



	Predictions from the adaptive cycle heuristic		Observed period with the theoretically assumed combinations of low and high levels of potential and connectedness

Phase	Potential	Connectedness	Time period

Release	Low	High	1975–1989
Reorganization	High	Low	1990–1994/95
Exploitation	Low	Low	1994/95–1997
Conservation	High	High	1998–2003
Release 2	Low	High	2004–Today