Understanding the functional principles of nature-Proposing another type of ecosystem services

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1913-1925

  Nielsen, S N ^a   Muller F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compartmentalisation; Complexity; Cybernetics; Cycling; Dissipation; Diversity; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Evolution; Flows; Networks; Openness; Socio economic systems

Indexed keywords

COMPARTMENTALISATION; COMPLEXITY; CYCLING; DISSIPATION; DIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EVOLUTION; FLOWS; NETWORKS; OPENNESS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CONTROL THEORY; ECONOMIC CYBERNETICS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPLEXITY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 67649214906     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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