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The Ecosystem in Practice: Interest and Problems of an Old Definition for Constructing Ecological Models

Date

Authors

Gignoux, Jacques

Davies, Ian

Flint, Shayne

Zucker, Jean-Daniel

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Since its inception, the ecosystem concept has been widely used in ecology and is increasingly finding application within other disciplines. In more recent times within ecology, however, it has been suggested the term is now obsolete. We argue that three

Keywords

Keywords: boundary condition; complexity; computer simulation; conceptual framework; ecological modeling; ecosystem approach; ontogeny; software; theoretical study abstraction; complex system; ecosystem definition; hierarchy; landscape; ontology

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/62600

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Ecosystems

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1007/s10021-011-9466-2

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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