Discontinuities in Ecosystems and Other Complex Systems

By: Massimo Montanari

Book Overview

Following the publication of C. S. Holling's seminal work on the relationship between animal body mass patterns and scale-specific landscape structure, ecologists began to explore the theoretical and applied consequences of discontinuities in ecosystems and other complex systems. Are ecosystems and their components continuously distributed and do they adhere to scaling laws, or are they discontinuous and more complex than early models would have us...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023114444X
• ISBN13: 9780231144445
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher