Sustainable systems as organisms?

BioSystems

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-51

  Ho, Mae Wan ^a   Ulanowicz, Robert ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent energy storage; Cycles; Indicators of sustainability; Minimum dissipation; Organised complexity; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

MODELING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 24644471533     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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