Ecological succession as an energy dispersal process

BioSystems

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-78

  Würtz, Peter ^a   Annila, Arto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Energy transduction; Entropy; Evolution; Free energy; Natural process; Natural selection; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOOD WEB; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; DISPERSION; ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FOOD WEB; NATURAL SELECTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77249172113     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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