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Emergy-based ascendency
Type: Journal Article
Ascendency is a system indicator used for describing flow characteristics of ecosystems. Experience shows, however, that ascendency is primarily a function of the flow characteristics at the lowest trophic levels. This is ...
On the behavior of some proposed goal functions for ecosystem development
Type: Journal Article
This contribution addresses the issue of "goal functions", quantifying the state of development of ecosystems. Numerous goal functions have been proposed with the hope that once a proper goal function has been identified ...