Abstract
Input-output theory is developed for an ecosystem in terms of production and respiration energy flows. The theory reveals a "structure" of the system by demonstrating the direct and indirect energy flow dependence of each member of the system upon the others. A method for tracing the direct and indirect element flows through the ecosystem is proposed. The structure is determined for two examples and a perturbation technique for the energy flow is suggested.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 535-546 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of Theoretical Biology |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1973 |
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