Abstract
An economic analogy for ecosystems analysis is proposed. Adapting static and dynamic input-output theory to model the energy flowing through ecosystems allows some unusual insights. For example, the total system energy input needed to produce a top carnivore can be calculated by slightly perturbing the steady state (static modeling) or by a dynamic model. The results are quite different. If the ecosystem is not preconditioned by a specific set of controlled flows, the response of the dynamic model to a perturbation is unstable.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 89-110 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Journal of Theoretical Biology |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 7 1985 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistics and Probability
- Modeling and Simulation
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)
- Immunology and Microbiology(all)
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Applied Mathematics