Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems. (Mpb-42)

by Ricard V. Solé and Jordi Bascompte

Book Overview

Can physics be an appropriate framework for the understanding of ecological science? Most ecologists would probably agree that there is little relation between the complexity of natural ecosystems and the simplicity of any example derived from Newtonian physics. Though ecologists have long been interested in concepts originally developed by statistical physicists and later applied to explain everything from why stock markets crash to why rivers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691070407
• ISBN13: 9780691070407
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"