Analysis of ecological systems : state-of-the-art in ecological modelling : proceedings of a symposium held from 24 to 28 May 1982 at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A. /

The International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) sponsors conferences, workshops and training courses with the aim of advancing the development of ecological and environmental modelling. The 3rd International Conference on the state-of-the-art in ecological modelling was sponsored by the IS...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: International Society for Ecological Modelling, International Conference on State-of-the-Art in Ecological Modelling
Otros Autores: Lauenroth, William K., Skogerboe, Gaylord V., Flug, Marshall
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., 1983.
Colección:Developments in environmental modelling ; 5.
Temas:
Ecology > Simulation methods > Congresses.
Ecology > Simulation methods.
Ecology > Mathematical models.
�Ecologie > M�ethodes de simulation.
�Ecologie > Mod�eles math�ematiques.
�Ecologie > M�ethodes de simulation > Congr�es.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congr�es.
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  • Front Cover; Analysis of Ecological Systems: State-of-the-Art in Ecological Modelling; Copyright Page; PREFACE; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Table of Contents; SECTION I: Trends in Ecological Modelling; CHAPTER 1. TRENDS IN ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; INTRODUCTION
  • THREE APPROACHES; UNIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS APPROACHES; FURTHER SUPPORT TO THE THEORY; CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE; CHAPTER 2. ON THE QUANTITATIVE DOMINANCE OF INDIRECT EFFECTS IN ECOSYSTEMS; INTRODUCTION; OYSTER REEF MODEL; SYSTEM STRUCTURE; SYSTEM FUNCTION; DISCUSSION; ADDENDUM; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LITERATURE CITED; FIGURE CAPTIONS
  • CHAPTER 3. MODELING REALITY: FACT, FANCY, AND FICTIONINTRODUCTION; REALITY; REPRESENTATION OF REALITY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LITERATURE CITED; SECTION II: Theory and Methods of Ecological Modelling; CHAPTER 4. LIVING SYSTEMS THEORY: CONCEPTUAL BASIS FOR ECOSYSTEM MODELLING; INTRODUCTION; LIVING SYSTEMS THEORY: AN ECOSYSTEM PARADIGM; THE ROLE OF INFORMATION: SYSTEM CONTROL; A GENERAL SYSTEM DIAGRAM; SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LITERATURE CITED; CHAPTER 5. DEFINING THE RESILIENCE THRESHOLDS OF ECOSYSTEMS; INTRODUCTION; THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; BEETLES AND PINE FORESTS
  • ITERATIVE PREDICTIVE ACCURACY DETERMINATIONRESULTS; DISCUSSION; LIST OF REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. GLOBAL STABILITY CONCEPTS FOR COMPLEXECOSYSTEM MODELS; INTRODUCTION; MODELS AND ECOSYSTEMS; A GLOBAL STABILITY SYNTHESIS; THE CONVERGENCE COEFFICIENT; THE MODEL; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; CONCLUSIONS; LITERATURE CITED; CHAPTER 10. ECOLOGICAL MODELLING AND MANAGEMENT OF SPRUCE BUDWORM INFESTED FIR-SPRUCE FORESTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; WHAT DETERMINES SUCCESS?; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LITERATURE CITED
  • CHAPTER 11. SUPPORTING DECISIONS ON WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM IN FOREST MANAGEMENT USING SIMULATION MODELSINTRODUCTION; WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM AND ITS HOSTS; WESTERN SPRUCE BUDWORM MODEL; BWFLY; BWMOD; THE STAND-PROGNOSIS MODEL; USING THE MODELS FOR DECISION SUPPORT; LITERATURE CITED; CHAPTER 12. TWO DECADES OF BUDWORM SIMULACRA: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE SIMULATION MODELS; INTRODUCTION; THE BUDWORM/FOREST ECOSYSTEM; DATA SOURCES; THE WATT MODEL; THE MFRC-UBC MODELS; THE STEDINGER MODEL; REPRODUCTION CURVES; APPLYING THE MODELS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LITERATURE CITED

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