MODEL BUILDING IN ECOLOGY—A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1980 English Publisher:EmeraldJournal:Kybernetes, volume 9, pages 141-150 (issn: 0368-492X,

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Authors: De Malherbe, R.; Tritto, V.; De Malherbe, M.;

doi: 10.1108/eb005551

MODEL BUILDING IN ECOLOGY—A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH

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Abstract

The necessity and utility of a hierarchical approach to model building in ecology is discussed. Some of the basic properties of hierarchies are described and criteria to discern subsystems are shown. A new approach of measuring the resilience in terms of natural probability of occurrence of a certain perturbation has been suggested, together with a stochastic definition of stability.

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Keywords

hierarchical approach, Ecology, model building

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