MODEL BUILDING IN ECOLOGY—A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH
R. dE MALHERBE
(Faculty of Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada) K1S 5B6 (Consultant))
V. TRITTO
(Faculty of Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada) K1S 5B6)
M. dE MALHERBE
(Faculty of Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa (Canada) K1S 5B6)
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Abstract
The necessity and utility of a hierarchical approach to model building in ecology is discussed. Some of the basic properties of hierarchies are described and criteria to discern subsystems are shown. A new approach of measuring the resilience in terms of natural probability of occurrence of a certain perturbation has been suggested, together with a stochastic definition of stability.
Citation
dE MALHERBE, R., TRITTO, V. and dE MALHERBE, M. (1980), "MODEL BUILDING IN ECOLOGY—A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH", Kybernetes, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb005551
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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