STATISTICAL-MECHANICS IN ECOLOGICAL HIERARCHIES

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作者
SEYMOUR, RM
机构
[1] Department of Mathematics, University College, London, WC1E 6BT England, Gower Street
关键词
HIERARCHY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; TRANSIENT PERTURBATION;
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10.1016/0895-7177(90)90272-O
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TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
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A statistical mechanical approach to the properties of ecological hierarchies is discussed, with particular reference to the non-equilibrium ("intermediate disturbance") view of the nature of certain ecological communities. A notion of statistical equilibrium for such systems is described, and the effect of transient perturbations from this equilibrium (i.e. "intermediate disturbances") considered, both in their short and long term effects.
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页码:699 / 704
页数:6
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