
The Method of Response Functions in Ecology
WIT Press
Published on 28. April 2000
Book
Mixed media product
288 pages
978-1-85312-662-8 (ISBN)
Description
This work presents a method for the mathematical modelling of dynamics of complex environmental systems and ecological processes called the "response function method". Using time series observations and prior knowledge or information, thisapproach allows the researcher to take all essential features of ecosystem processes, such as complexity, multi-dimensioness, uncertainty and irreducability, into account. The authors demonstrate the potential of the method using several models, and a diskette containing these is included.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Southampton
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 151 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85312-662-8 (9781853126628)
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Content
Fundamentals of the theory of response function method; ONTOMOD - the model of ontogenesis in higher plants using soybean as an example; POLMOD.RAD - the model of 90 Sr dynamics in the elementary ecosystems; POLMOD.PEST - the model of pesticides dynamics in the elementary ecosystems; HUMOD - the model of humus formation in soils of natural and agricultural systems; development of environmental indices using the method of response function.