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Complexity and thermodynamics: Towards a new ecology
Eric D. Schneider,James J. Kay +1 more
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A thermodynamic paradigm for the development of ecosystems is proposed, suggested that as ecosystems grow and develop, they should increase their total dissipation by developing structures and processes to assist energy degradation.About:
This article is published in Futures.The article was published on 1994-07-01. It has received 229 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Systems ecology & Ecology (disciplines).read more
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Resilience: the emergence of a perspective for social-ecological systems analyses
Carl Folke,Carl Folke +1 more
TL;DR: The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social-ecological systems as mentioned in this paper, which emphasizes non-linear dynamics, thresholds, uncertainty and surprise, how periods of gradual change interplay with periods of rapid change and how such dynamics interact across temporal and spatial scales.
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An Introduction to Ecological Economics
Robert Costanza,John Cumberland,Herman E. Daly,Robert Goodland,Richard B. Norgaard,Ida Kubiszewski,Carol Franco +6 more
TL;DR: The need to develop a shared vision of a sustainable society Successes, Failures, and Remedies Policy Instruments: Some Background Examples of Policies, Instruments, and Institutions Governance Conclusions and Prospects for the Future References Index as discussed by the authors.
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An ecosystem approach for sustainability: addressing the challenge of complexity
TL;DR: This work portrays these systems as Self-Organizing Holarchic Open (SOHO) systems and interpret their behaviours and structures with reference to non-equilibrium thermodynamics: holons, propensities and canons; and information and attractors.
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Complementarity of ecological goal functions.
TL;DR: This paper summarizes, in the framework of network environ analysis, a set of analyses of energy-matter flow and storage in steady-state systems, suggesting a common pattern for ecosystem development.
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Integrated assessment for sustainability appraisal in cities and regions
TL;DR: The Integrated Sustainable Cities Assessment Method (ISCAM) as mentioned in this paper is a scenario accounting system for the total environmental metabolism of a city or region, where indeterminate and cumulative effects can be placed in a whole system context of trends, projections, goals and targets.
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Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
James D. Watson,Francis Crick +1 more
TL;DR: The determination in 1953 of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), with its two entwined helices and paired organic bases, was a tour de force in X-ray crystallography and opened the way for a deeper understanding of perhaps the most important biological process.
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The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
TL;DR: The structure of rugged fitness landscapes and the structure of adaptive landscapes underlying protein evolution, and the architecture of genetic regulatory circuits and its evolution.
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The Strategy of Ecosystem Development
TL;DR: The principles of ecological succession bear importantly on the relationships between man and nature and needs to be examined as a basis for resolving man’s present environmental crisis.
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Homage to Santa Rosalia or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals
TL;DR: The address of the president of a society, founded largely to further the study of evolution, at the close of the year that marks the centenary of Darwin and Wallace's initial presentation of the theory of natural selection.