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Category Archives: Ecology
Critical Transtions in Ecology
In complex systems the degree of homogeneity (vs. Heterogeneity) and connectivity (vs. Modularity) determines whether or not there is a phase transition from one state to another. These are called critical transitions, and there are current efforts to understand both … Continue reading
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Tagged complex systems, critical transitions, ecology, phase transitions
Ecological Systems as Complex Systems: Challenges for an Emerging Science
Complex systems science has contributed to our understanding of ecology in important areas such as food webs, patch dynamics and population fluctuations. This has been achieved through the use of simple measures that can capture the difference between order and … Continue reading
Poverty, Disease, and the Ecology of Complex Systems
Understanding why some human populations remain persistently poor remains a significant challenge for both the social and natural sciences. The extremely poor are generally reliant on their immediate natural resource base for subsistence and suffer high rates of mortality due … Continue reading
Posted in Complex system, Disease, Ecology, Poverty
Tagged complex systems, disease, ecology, poverty
