Ecosystems emerging: 2. Dissipation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-39

  Straškraba, Milan ^a   Jørgensen, Sven E ^b   Patten, Bernard C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Dissipation; Ecosystems; Environmental crisis; Exergy; Second law of thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENERGY DISSIPATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0345211634     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00194-X     Document Type: Article

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