An informational synthesis of ecosystem structure and function

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Ulanowicz, Robert E ^a   Abarca Arenas, Luis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascendency; Causality in ecosystems; Ecosystem development; Information theory; Liebig's law; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ASCENDENCY; ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030618306     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(96)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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