AGGREGATION ERROR IN ECOLOGICAL MODELS

被引：74

作者：

ONEILL, RV ^{[1
]}

RUST, B ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNION CARBIDE CORP,DIV COMP SCI,OAK RIDGE,TN 37830

来源：

ECOLOGICAL MODELLING | 1979年 / 7卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1016/0304-3800(79)90001-2

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Models of complex ecosystems require the representation of a large number of components by a few variables. The exact nature of the limitations imposed by this abstraction process has received surprisingly little treatment. In this study, models with k variables were taken, for the sake of argument, to exactly represent a system. Models with k - n variables were then developed for the same system and differences in output examined. As a result of the study, we suggest some simple rules for minimizing aggregation error, including lumping components with similar turnover times and lumping rare species with common ones. © 1979.

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