Title: The hierarchy and spatial characteristics of ecosystems: A reconsideration of the ecosystem concept (II)
Abstract: This paper, based on the autonomy concept, continues to investigate hierarchical forms and spatial structure of ecosystems. The former can lead to limits for the selection of the component parts of an ecosystem and a distinction between its endogenous and exogenous variables; and the latter can be lead to a hypothesis of the space of an ecosystem: the space of an ecosystem = its habitat area + supporting area + impact area, and two characteristics of ecosystems, space-overlapping and the area of ecosystem space, have been further studied referring to human activities.
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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