INFORMATION OF ORGANIZATION IN ECOLOGICAL-SYSTEMS - NUTRIENT GREATER-THAN ENERGY GREATER-THAN CARBON

被引:3
作者
HIRATA, H
机构
[1] Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba-shi, 263
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10.1006/jtbi.1993.1082
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Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Ecosystems can be viewed from various perspectives depending on the quantity cycled: carbon, nitrogen, potassium, etc. Using real data, it will be shown that each kind of material has its own characteristic type of organization within ecosystems in terms of a proposed information index. Nutrient systems are generally more highly organized than carbon or energy systems on the basis of information theoretical considerations. © 1993 Academic Press. All rights reserved.
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页码:187 / 194
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