Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics — Infobox University name = Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics dutch name = Instituut voor Biodiversiteit en Ecosysteem Dynamica established = 2000 director = Prof.dr. Peter H. van Tienderen city = Amsterdam country = The Netherlands … Wikipedia
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) — is the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP) core project responsible for understanding how global change will affect the abundance, diversity and productivity of marine populations. The programme was initiated by SCOR and the IOC of … Wikipedia
Ecosystem — An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro organisms(biotic factors) in an area functioning together with all of the non living physical (abiotic) factors of the environment.Christopherson, RW (1996) Geosystems: An … Wikipedia
Ecosystem model — Ecosystem models, or ecological models, are mathematical representations of ecosystems. Typically they simplify complex foodwebs down to their major components or trophic levels, and quantify these as either numbers of organisms, biomass or the… … Wikipedia
Ecosystem ecology — Figure 1. A riparian forest in the White Mountains, New Hampshire (USA). Ecosystem ecology is the integrated study of biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems and their interactions within an ecosystem framework. This science examines how… … Wikipedia
Ecosystem services — Pollination by a bumblebee, a type of ecosystem service Humankind benefits from a multitude of resources and processes that are supplied by natural ecosystems. Collectively, these benefits are known as ecosystem services and include products like … Wikipedia
Patch dynamics — For the use of the term in physics, see Patch dynamics (physics). Patch dynamics is a conceptual approach to ecosystem and habitat analysis that emphasizes dynamics of heterogeneity within a system (i.e. that each area of an ecosystem is made up… … Wikipedia
Trophic dynamics — In ecology, trophic dynamics is the system of trophic levels (Greek trophē , food), which describe the position that an organism occupies in a food chain what it eats, and what eats it. Energy economy Ecologists study the energy economies of… … Wikipedia
marine ecosystem — Introduction complex of living organisms in the ocean environment. Marine waters cover two thirds of the surface of the Earth. In some places the ocean is deeper than Mount Everest is high; for example, the Mariana Trench and the… … Universalium
Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve — Geobox|Protected area name = Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve category = National Natural Landmark category iucn = IV image caption = View of Cedar Bog Lake with experimental plots in the rear country = United States state = Minnesota state… … Wikipedia
System dynamics — [ John Sterman 2001.] System dynamics is an approach to understanding the behaviour of complex systems over time. It deals with internal feedback loops and time delays that affect the behaviour of the entire system. [http://sysdyn.clexchange.org… … Wikipedia