HIERARCHY;
STATISTICAL MECHANICS;
COMMUNITY STRUCTURE;
TRANSIENT PERTURBATION;
D O I:
10.1016/0895-7177(90)90272-O
中图分类号:
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号:
081203 ;
0835 ;
摘要:
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.