Quo vadis ecosystem?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-17

  Bendoricchio, Giuseppe ^a   Palmeri, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecopath; Ecosystem indicator; Goal function; Thermodynamic indicator; Trophic network

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COSTS; FUNCTIONS; RESEARCH;

ECOPATH; ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS; GOAL FUNCTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC INDICATORS; TROPHIC NETWORK;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; EVOLUTION;

EID: 25444467176     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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