Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4379075 | Ecological Modelling | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Ecosystems have been hypothesized to develop according to increases in four separate system attributes: (1) ascendency, (2) storage of exergy, (3) the ability to dissipate external gradients in exergy and (4) network aggradation. Analysis of the formal descriptions of these attributes reveals a theoretical consistency among the four trends. The treatment also points to the attribute of autocatalytic configurations called “centripetality” as the core unitary agency responsible for all four separate descriptions.
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Authors
Robert E. Ulanowicz, Sven Erik Jørgensen, Brian D. Fath,