Category Archives: Ecology

Critical Transtions in Ecology

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

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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Ecological Systems as Complex Systems: Challenges for an Emerging Science

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

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 →

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Poverty, Disease, and the Ecology of Complex Systems

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

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 →