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1 online resource (190 p.) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- Complexity and Complex Ecological Systems -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Early works in ecology and ecological approaches -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Classical thermodynamics and the second law -- 1.3. Extended laws of thermodynamics -- 1.4. Dissipative structures, degraders, and related problems -- 1.5. Destructive entropy production -- 1.6. The origin of life: A brief introduction -- 1.7. Thermodynamics of ecosystems as energy degraders -- 1.8. Order from disorder and order from order |
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Chapter 2: Further development of thermodynamic views in ecology -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Thermodynamics and ecology -- 2.3. Thermodynamics and living world -- 2.4. The origin of quantification: A brief introduction -- Chapter 3: Ascendant perspective of Ulanowicz -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. A cause driving the development -- 3.3. Quantification of growth and development -- 3.4. System ascendancy -- Chapter 4: Genetic diversity and the spread of populations -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Methods -- 4.2.1. Model system -- 4.2.2. Genetic diversity -- 4.2.3. Population spread |
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4.2.4. Statistical models -- Mean population spread -- Variability in population spread -- Total population size -- Population density -- 4.3. Results -- 4.3.1. Mean population spread -- 4.3.2. Variability in population spread -- 4.3.3. Total population size -- 4.3.4. Population density -- 4.4. Discussion -- Appendix -- Chapter 5: Robust statistical inference for complex computer models -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Why does the model error affect statistics differently? -- 5.2.1. Case study -- 5.2.2. Model structure and introduced structural error -- 5.2.3. Statistical inference |
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5.2.4. Quantification of the error in inference -- 5.2.5. Comparison between calibrating a ``true model and a model with structural error -- 5.3. A toolbox for statistical inference in complex computer simulations -- 5.3.1. Weighting of data streams -- 5.3.2. Case study-Weighting of data streams -- 5.3.3. Bias correction after calibration -- Case study-Bias correction after calibration -- 5.3.4. Bias correction during calibration -- Case study-Bias correction during calibration -- 5.3.5. Correcting processes rather than outputs -- 5.4. Discussion |
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5.4.1. Which methods work to improve inference for biased system models? -- 5.4.2. Practical suggestions -- 5.4.3. Toward a statistical theory for robust inference in complex computer simulations -- Chapter 6: Biodiversity maintenance in food webs -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Toward trophic relationships of coastal and estuarine ecosystems -- 6.3. Benthic-pelagic coupling and sediment transport -- 6.4. Plecoptera (Stoneflies) -- 6.5. Mangrove trophic interactions and estuarine ecosystems -- 6.6. Spatial aspects of food webs -- 6.7. Summary -- Chapter 7: Dynamic food webs -- 7.1. Introduction |
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7.1.1. Multispecies assemblages, ecosystem development, and environmental change |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 27, 2023). |
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Ecology -- Mathematical models.
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Biocomplexity.
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Biocomplexité.
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Biocomplexity
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Ecology -- Mathematical models
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sieniutycz, Stanislaw Complexity and Complex Ecological Systems San Diego : Elsevier,c2023 9780443192371 |
| ISBN |
9780443192388 electronic book |
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0443192383 electronic book |
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9780443192371 |
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0443192375 |
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AU@ 000075081338 |
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