全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Chapter 12. Complexity and Stability of Adaptive Ecological Networks: A Survey of the Theory in Community Ecology.

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来源类型	Book Section
DOI	10.1007/978-3-319-71486-8_12
	Chapter 12. Complexity and Stability of Adaptive Ecological Networks: A Survey of the Theory in Community Ecology.
	Landi P; Minoarivelo HO; Brännström Å; Hui C; Dieckmann U; Mensah, P.; Katerere, D.; Hachigonta, S.; Roodt, A.
发表日期	2018
出处	Systems Analysis Approach for Complex Global Challenges. Eds. Mensah, P. , Katerere, D. , Hachigonta, S. & Roodt, A. , pp. 209-248 Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-71485-1 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71486-8_12 .
出版年	2018
语种	英语
摘要	Background and Significance of the topic: The planet is changing at paces never observed before. Species extinction is happening at faster rates than ever, greatly exceeding the five mass extinctions in the fossil record. Nevertheless, human life is strongly based on services provided by ecosystems, thus the responses to global change of the planet’s natural heritage are of immediate concern. Understanding the relationship between complexity and stability of ecosystems is of key importance for the maintenance of the balance of human growth and the conservation of all the natural services that ecosystems provide. Methodology: The concept of ecological networks and their characteristics are first introduced, followed by central and occasionally contrasting definitions of complexity and stability. The literature on the relationship between complexity and stability in different types of models and few real ecosystems is then reviewed, highlighting the theoretical debate and the lack of consensual agreement. Application/Relevance to systems analysis: This chapter uses ecological-network models to study the relationship between complexity and stability of natural ecosystems. Policy and/or practice implications: Mathematical network models can be used to simplify the vast complexity of the real world, to formally describe and investigate ecological phenomena, and to understand ecosystems propensity of returning to its functioning regime after a stress or a perturbation. Discussion and conclusion: The chapter concludes by summarising the importance of this line of research for the successful management and conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
主题	Evolution and Ecology (EEP) ; Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)
URL	http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/15212/
来源智库	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Austria)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/134626
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Landi P,Minoarivelo HO,Brännström Å,et al. Chapter 12. Complexity and Stability of Adaptive Ecological Networks: A Survey of the Theory in Community Ecology.. 2018.