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Hauhs, Michael ; Lange, Holger:
Ecosystem dynamics viewed from an endoperspective.
In: Science of the Total Environment.
Vol. 183
(1996)
Issue 1-2
.
- pp. 125-136.
ISSN 0048-9697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(95)04969-X
Abstract in another language
The connection between ecosystems, thermodynamics and information theory is analyzed. We intend to show that the laws on computation can be applied in a much simpler and direct way than thermodynamic laws. The focus is on terrestrial ecosystems, for which boundaries are defined according to the statistical properties of energy and matter fluxes. The internal model which organisms inside ecosystems have about their environment is investigated. The evolution of an ecosystem model is considered as an alternation of model testing and model revision phases. The problem of knowledge acquisition for an observer placed inside the system and intimately connected with it (endoperspective) is discussed in detail. The bounds for the maximal information gain depending on thermodynamic conditions are derived under different assumptions. The proposed framework has not been rigorously tested yet, but it would explain much of the current dilemma in ecological modelling. Its application leads to testable predictions.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional notes: | BAYCEER6957 |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Ecological Modelling Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences > Chair Ecological Modelling > Chair Ecological Modelling - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Hauhs Research Institutions > Research Centres > Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research- BayCEER Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Earth Sciences Research Institutions Research Institutions > Research Centres |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2015 07:29 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2022 13:03 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/20754 |