Abstract:
:We discuss the relevance of studying ecology within the framework of Complexity Science from a statistical mechanics approach. Ecology is concerned with understanding how systems level properties emerge out of the multitude of interactions among large numbers of components, leading to ecosystems that possess the prototypical characteristics of complex systems. We argue that statistical mechanics is at present the best methodology available to obtain a quantitative description of complex systems, and that ecology is in urgent need of "integrative" approaches that are quantitative and nonstationary. We describe examples where combining statistical mechanics and ecology has led to improved ecological modeling and, at the same time, broadened the scope of statistical mechanics.
journal_name
Ann N Y Acad Scijournal_title
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciencesauthors
Jensen HJ,Arcaute Edoi
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05416.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2010-05-01 00:00:00pages
E19-26eissn
0077-8923issn
1749-6632pii
NYAS5416journal_volume
1195 Suppl 1pub_type
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