Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of ecosystems: Entropic analysis of stability and diversity

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1950-1956

  Chakrabarti, C G ^a   Ghosh, Koyel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Entropy production; Liapunov function; Multi component ecosystem; Non equilibrium thermodynamic model; Stability

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTION SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ENTROPIC ANALYSIS; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; LIAPUNOV FUNCTION; LOTKA-VOLTERRA SYSTEMS; MULTI-COMPONENT ECOSYSTEM; MULTI-SPECIES; NON EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS; NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENTROPY; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CHEMICAL REACTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENTROPY; EQUILIBRIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 67649849665     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.04.055     Document Type: Article

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