<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.write('<div id="oa_widget"></div>');
document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.openaire.eu/index.php?option=com_openaire&view=widget&format=raw&projectId=undefined&type=result"></script>');
-->
</script>
It has been discussed in Section 2.3 that ecosystems are inconceivably complex and that it will be impossible to produce a description of ecosystem properties that encompasses all the details. Therefore as discussed in Chapter 3, ecological models will always be very simplified pictures of the real ecosystems and can only impinge on a very limited number of problems or aspects related to the focal ecosystem. An ecological model can only be validated in the right context, and only if it is developed according to a sound ecological knowledge of what is essential to include in the model for the focal ecological problem. In addition, it is crucial, that the models possess the basic (holistic) properties of the system that the model is supposed to imitate.
citations This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | 3 | |
popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network. | Average | |
influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically). | Average | |
impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network. | Average |