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Ecological stability [electronic resource] : an ecosystem perspective. Classical and current thoughts review of selected literature

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Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1976.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 40 : digital, PDF file
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The term ''stability,'' in its ecological context, has been applied to populations, communities, and, most recently, to ecosystems with such an array of meanings that it has almost become a panchreston. This review of selected literature points out the problems inherent in relying on either static measures (e.g., species diversity, connectivity, or energy balance) as a measure of complexity to arbitrarily rank the relative stabilities of ecosystems, or the dynamic approach of analyzing the mathematical stability of linear or nonlinear models. The research direction emphasized is that of development of new measures of ecosystem complexity based on ecosystem level characteristics (e.g., nutrient retention, or ecosystem metabolism) and relating these measures of complexity to an a priori defined ecosystem stability.
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E 1.99:ornl/tm-5517
ornl/tm-5517
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Published through SciTech Connect.
10/01/1976.
"ornl/tm-5517"
Van Voris, P.
Funding Information
W-7405-ENG-26
EPA-INA-IAG-05-0713
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