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Download ebook Ecological and General Systems : An Introduction to Systems Ecology

Download ebook Ecological and General Systems : An Introduction to Systems Ecology

Ecological and General Systems : An Introduction to Systems Ecology.cHoward T. Odum
Ecological and General Systems : An Introduction to Systems Ecology
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Author: Howard T. Odum
Page Count: 644 pages
Published Date: 15 May 1994
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication Country: Colorado, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780870813207
Download Link: Ecological and General Systems An Introduction to Systems Ecology
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Using an energy systems language that combines energetics, kinetics, information, cybernetics, and simulation, "Ecological and General Systems" compares models of many fields of science, helping to derive general systems principles.First published as "Systems Ecology" in 1983, "Ecological and General Systems" proposes principles of self-organization and the designs that prevail by maximizing power and efficiency. Comparisons to fifty other systems languages are provided. Innovative presentations are given on earth homeostasis (Gaia); the inadequacy of presenting equations without network relationships and energy constraints; the alternative interpretation of high entropy complexity as adaptive structure; basic equations of ecological economics; and the energy basis of scientific hierarchy.Part I introduces energetics, hierarchy, and systems modeling. Part II features design elements: intersections, autocatalytic modules, loops, series, parallel elements, and webs. Part III includes embodied energy, spectra of energy quality, temperature, complexity, spatial distribution, and diversity. Part IV discusses production, consumption, ecosystems, succession, economic systems, anthropological models, urban and regional models, global biogeochemistry, and the universe.

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