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Ulgiati, Sergio, and Mark T. Brown. "Emergy and ecosystem complexity." Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 14, no. 1 (2009): 310–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2007.05.028.

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Naveh, Zev. "Ecosystem and Landscapes - A Critical Comparative Appraisal." Journal of Landscape Ecology 3, no. 1 (2010): 64–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10285-012-0024-1.

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Ecosystem and Landscapes - A Critical Comparative AppraisalEcosystems and landscapes are the two major spatial units for ecological research and practice, but their definitions and meanings are vague and ambiguous. Examining critically the meaning and complexity of both terms from a holistic landscape ecological systems view, the confusing applications of the ecosystem concept could be avoided by conceiving ecosystems as functional interacting systems, characterized for the flow of energy, matter and information between organisms and their abiotic environment. As functional systems they are in

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REYNOLDS, COLIN S., and J. ALEX ELLIOTT. "Complexity and emergent properties in aquatic ecosystems: predictability of ecosystem responses." Freshwater Biology 57 (November 18, 2010): 74–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02526.x.

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Csíder, Ibolya. "Complexity of ecosystem services in agricultural fields, in particular the biodiversity." Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, no. 63 (February 17, 2015): 43–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/63/1833.

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Since the Convention on Biological Diversity a lot of papers have been published how to measure and value biodiversity. In the last decades publications on agro-ecosystems become more frequent and play a significant role in the provision of ecosystem services. There is a uniform definition for biodiversity in general, however, in terms of agro-ecosystems and their services (including biodiversity) many weaknesses can be identified. The objective of this paper is to explore some of these problems with special regard to different definitions and terms and to the farmland ecosystem services. One

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Saha, L. M., Rashmi Bhardwaj, and M. K. Das. "On Ecosystem Models, Chaos and Complexity." Indian Journal of Industrial and Applied Mathematics 10, no. 1 (2019): 118. http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/1945-919x.2019.00028.8.

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Murawski, Steven A., John H. Steele, Phillip Taylor, et al. "Why compare marine ecosystems?" ICES Journal of Marine Science 67, no. 1 (2009): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsp221.

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Abstract Murawski, S. A., Steele, J. H., Taylor, P., Fogarty, M. J., Sissenwine, M. P., Ford, M., and Suchman, C. 2010. Why compare marine ecosystems? – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 67: 1–9. Effective marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) requires understanding the key processes and relationships controlling the aspects of biodiversity, productivity, and resilience to perturbations. Unfortunately, the scales, complexity, and non-linear dynamics that characterize marine ecosystems often confound managing for these properties. Nevertheless, scientifically derived decision-support tools (DST

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Huo, Zai Qiang, and Xue Qun Zhu. "New Approach for Researching Forest Ecosystem." Advanced Materials Research 472-475 (February 2012): 3384–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.472-475.3384.

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It is valuable to be researched in the application of science of complexity to the forest ecosystem. Forest ecosystem is an adaptive complex system which is suggested to be at the edge of chaos or at the criticality. The inner interaction of a forest ecosystem is the main driving force for the self-organization, complexity and order in the forest ecosystem. Forest ecosystem complexity is one of the research frontiers of ecological and evolutionary problems presently. The application of science of complexity to the forest ecosystem complexity studies, its concept, background, methodology and th

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Gaucherel, Cédric. "Ecosystem Complexity Through the Lens of Logical Depth: Capturing Ecosystem Individuality." Biological Theory 9, no. 4 (2014): 440–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13752-014-0162-2.

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Gaucherel, C., F. Pommereau, and C. Hély. "Understanding Ecosystem Complexity via Application of a Process-Based State Space rather than a Potential Surface." Complexity 2020 (October 5, 2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7163920.

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Ecosystems are complex objects, simultaneously combining biotic, abiotic, and human components and processes. Ecologists still struggle to understand ecosystems, and one main method for achieving an understanding consists in computing potential surfaces based on physical dynamical systems. We argue in this conceptual paper that the foundations of this analogy between physical and ecological systems are inappropriate and aim to propose a new method that better reflects the properties of ecosystems, especially complex, historical nonergodic systems, to which physical concepts are not well suited

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Carvalho, Hamilton Coimbra, José Afonso Mazzon, and Joaquim Rocha Santos. "A tale of complexity." Journal of Social Marketing 9, no. 1 (2019): 40–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsocm-04-2018-0045.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is the development of a framework to address complex social problems. The paper proposes an integrative framework inspired in complexity sciences, using it to explain the demise of cigarettes in recent decades. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the method of system dynamics to represent the complexity inherent in most social ecosystems where social marketers operate. Findings The framework identifies the major determinants of complex problems in social ecosystems, giving emphasis to the role performed by endogenous social structures. The paper present

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Bell-James, Justine, Catherine E Lovelock, and Anya Phelan. "Introduction to the Special Issue on Ecosystem Services and the Law." University of Queensland Law Journal 39, no. 3 (2020): 389–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.38127/uqlj.v39i3.5651.

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The importance of natural ecosystems to people and their societies has been articulated by scientists since the early 1960s. From this emerged the concept of ecosystem services in the 1970s and 1980s that began to categorize ecosystem services, value and monetarize them, against a backdrop of growing global degradation of natural ecosystems. The concept of ecosystem services has given rise to new inter-disciplinary fields (e.g. ecological economics, bioeconomics, and environmental management), which seek to provide knowledge on how the well-being of humans, which is dependent on ecosystem serv

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Fulton, EA, ADM Smith, and CR Johnson. "Effect of complexity on marine ecosystem models." Marine Ecology Progress Series 253 (2003): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps253001.

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Moreno-Mateos, David, Antton Alberdi, Elly Morriën, Wim H. van der Putten, Asun Rodríguez-Uña, and Daniel Montoya. "The long-term restoration of ecosystem complexity." Nature Ecology & Evolution 4, no. 5 (2020): 676–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1154-1.

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Evans, Nicole M. "Ecosystem Services: On Idealization and Understanding Complexity." Ecological Economics 156 (February 2019): 427–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.10.014.

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Nielsen, N. Ole. "Ecosystem approaches to human health." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 17, suppl (2001): S69—S75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-311x2001000700015.

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The promotion of human health must be embedded in the wider pursuit of ecosystem health. Interventions will be impaired if ecosystem-linked determinants of health are not taken into account. In the extreme case, if ecosystems lose their capacity for renewal, society will lose life support services. Essential features of ecosystem health are the capacity to maintain integrity and to achieve reasonable and sustainable human goals. An ecosystem approach to research and management must be transdisciplinary and assure participation of stakeholders. These requisites provide a means for science to be

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Wilson, Alan G. "Ecological and Urban Systems Models: Some Explorations of Similarities in the Context of Complexity Theory." Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 38, no. 4 (2006): 633–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a37102.

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There are similarities of form between urban system models and models of ecosystems. These are systematically explored and a general model formulation which embraces both kinds of model is presented. Some insights are gained by using ideas from ecosystem modelling in urban modelling. The biggest gains, however, are for ecosystem modelling. It is demonstrated that urban techniques can be used for incorporating spatial competition effects into such models in novel ways, and that the complex dynamics can then be effectively interpreted. Urban systems have contributed significantly to complexity t

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Feit, Benjamin, Nico Blüthgen, Eirini Daouti, Cory Straub, Michael Traugott, and Mattias Jonsson. "Landscape complexity promotes resilience of biological pest control to climate change." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288, no. 1951 (2021): 20210547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0547.

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Increased climate variability as a result of anthropogenic climate change can threaten the functioning of ecosystem services. However, diverse responses to climate change among species (response diversity) can provide ecosystems with resilience to this growing threat. Measuring and managing response diversity and resilience to global change are key ecological challenges. Here, we develop a novel index of climate resilience of ecosystem services, exemplified by the thermal resilience of predator communities providing biological pest control. Field assays revealed substantial differences in the

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Elhag, Mohamed, and Silvena Boteva. "Quantitative Analysis of Different Environmental Factor Impacts on Land Cover in Nisos Elafonisos, Crete, Greece." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 18 (2020): 6437. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17186437.

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Land Cover monitoring is an essential task for a better understanding of the ecosystem’s dynamicity and complexity. The availability of Remote Sensing data improved the Land Use Land Cover mapping as it is routine work in ecosystem management. The complexity of the Mediterranean ecosystems involves a complexity of the surrounding environmental factors. An attempt to quantitatively investigate the interdependencies between land covers and affected environmental factors was conducted in Nisos Elafonisos to represent diverse and fragile coastal Mediterranean ecosystems. Sentinel-2 (MSI) sensor an

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Burns, J. H. R., D. Delparte, R. D. Gates, and M. Takabayashi. "UTILIZING UNDERWATER THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING TO ENHANCE ECOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CORAL REEFS." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XL-5/W5 (April 9, 2015): 61–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprsarchives-xl-5-w5-61-2015.

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The structural complexity of coral reefs profoundly affects the biodiversity, productivity, and overall functionality of reef ecosystems. Conventional survey techniques utilize 2-dimensional metrics that are inadequate for accurately capturing and quantifying the intricate structural complexity of scleractinian corals. A 3-dimensional (3D) approach improves the capacity to accurately measure architectural complexity, topography, rugosity, volume, and other structural characteristics that play a significant role in habitat facilitation and ecosystem processes. This study utilized Structure-from

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Yool, A., E. E. Popova, and T. R. Anderson. "Medusa-1.0: a new intermediate complexity plankton ecosystem model for the global domain." Geoscientific Model Development 4, no. 2 (2011): 381–417. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-381-2011.

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Abstract. The ongoing, anthropogenically-driven changes to the global ocean are expected to have significant consequences for plankton ecosystems in the future. Because of the role that plankton play in the ocean's "biological pump", changes in abundance, distribution and productivity will likely have additional consequences for the wider carbon cycle. Just as in the terrestrial biosphere, marine ecosystems exhibit marked diversity in species and functional types of organisms. Predicting potential change in plankton ecosystems therefore requires the use of models that are suited to this divers

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Bartsev, S. I. "Similarity and reduction of complexity of ecosystem models." Procedia Environmental Sciences 13 (2012): 316–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2012.01.030.

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Montoya, José M., Miguel A. Rodríguez, and Bradford A. Hawkins. "Food web complexity and higher-level ecosystem services." Ecology Letters 6, no. 7 (2003): 587–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00469.x.

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Laterra, Pedro, María E. Orúe, and Gisel C. Booman. "Spatial complexity and ecosystem services in rural landscapes." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 154 (July 2012): 56–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.05.013.

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Cadenasso, M. L., S. T. A. Pickett, and J. M. Grove. "Dimensions of ecosystem complexity: Heterogeneity, connectivity, and history." Ecological Complexity 3, no. 1 (2006): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2005.07.002.

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Camara, B. I. "Food web complexity analysis: effects of ecosystem changes." Nonlinear Dynamics 73, no. 3 (2013): 1783–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11071-013-0903-y.

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Jørgensen, S. E. "Ecosystem theory, ecological buffer capacity, uncertainty and complexity." Ecological Modelling 52 (January 1990): 125–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3800(90)90013-7.

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G. Green, David. "Connectivity and complexity in landscapes and ecosystems." Pacific Conservation Biology 1, no. 3 (1994): 194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/pc940194.

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The connectivity of sites in a landscape affects both species distribution patterns and the dynamics of whole ecosystems. Dispersal tends to produce clumped distributions, which promote species persistence and provide a possible mechanism for maintaining high species richness in tropical rainforests and other ecosystems. Simulations of multi-species systems show that, below a critical rate, disturbance regimes have little impact on species richness. With super-critical rates of disturbance the rate of decrease in species richness depends on the balance between the rate of disturbance and dispe

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Dessers, Ezra, and Bernard J. Mohr. "An ecosystem perspective on care coordination: Lessons from the field." International Journal of Care Coordination 23, no. 1 (2019): 5–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2053434519896523.

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The vast majority of research and efforts towards greater care coordination have taken place at the level of single, sovereign organizations, or at the level of networks formed to address the need for cross-organizational collaboration. The recently emerging ecosystem level of analysis and intervention is still under-researched, with few if any available innovation practices that match the complexity experienced at the level of care ecosystems. Beginning with the challenge of care coordination, we discuss what care ecosystems are and how they can be defined and describe the possibilities and o

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Liu, Yubang, Yunan Yan, and Xin Li. "An Empirical Analysis of an Integrated Accounting Method to Assess the Non-Monetary and Monetary Value of Ecosystem Services." Sustainability 12, no. 20 (2020): 8296. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12208296.

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The process of ecosystem service value evaluation has developed from the use of a single economic value that only accounts for material products to an assessment of ecological value and the value of ecosystem services. However, due to the complexity of ecosystems and different understandings of ecosystem service values, different classification methods of ecosystem services and service values have been developed internationally, and this has resulted in a lack of clarity regarding the correlation between ecosystem service value and various ecosystems. The correspondence between the system and

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Rojas-Mendizabal, Veronica Alexandra, Arturo Serrano-Santoyo, Roberto Conte-Galvan, Salvador Villarreal-Reyes, and Raul Rivera-Rodriguez. "Estimation of quality of experience (QoE) in e-Health ecosystems." Ingeniería e Investigación 37, no. 2 (2017): 52–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.v37n2.57664.

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This article proposes a framework to design and implement e- Health interventions in a comprehensive manner. We draw on complexity science to study the interplay of the ecosystem, the behavior and interactions among its agents. We provide a platform to estimate the Quality of Experience (QoE) to assess the relationship between technology and human factors involved in e-Health projects. Our aim is to estimate QoE in e-Health ecosystems from the perspective of complexity by adopting a methodology that uses fuzzy logic to study the behavior of the ecosystem’s agents. We apply the proposed framewo

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Kay, M. K. "Linking biosecurity and biogeography." New Zealand Plant Protection 62 (August 1, 2009): 103–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.30843/nzpp.2009.62.4778.

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The unfathomable complexity of species interactions within biological systems tempts us to impose tidy concepts in an effort to predict or explain how ecosystems react to perturbation through species extinction or invasion The Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography (ETIB) contends that islands are inherently at risk of both invasion and extinction of species The appealing logic of the ETIB and a general consensus that biodiversity is linked to ecosystem resilience ie that the loss of biodiversity will result in a loss of ecosystem stability have been cemented into mainstream ecology However

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Marleau, Justin N., Frédéric Guichard, and Michel Loreau. "Meta-ecosystem dynamics and functioning on finite spatial networks." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281, no. 1777 (2014): 20132094. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2094.

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The addition of spatial structure to ecological concepts and theories has spurred integration between sub-disciplines within ecology, including community and ecosystem ecology. However, the complexity of spatial models limits their implementation to idealized, regular landscapes. We present a model meta-ecosystem with finite and irregular spatial structure consisting of local nutrient–autotrophs–herbivores ecosystems connected through spatial flows of materials and organisms. We study the effect of spatial flows on stability and ecosystem functions, and provide simple metrics of connectivity t

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McElroy, M. S., Y. A. Papadopoulos, and M. S. Adl. "Complexity and composition of pasture swards affect plant productivity and soil organisms." Canadian Journal of Plant Science 92, no. 4 (2012): 687–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjps2011-147.

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McElroy, M. S., Papadopoulos, Y. A. and Adl, M. S. 2012. Complexity and composition of pasture swards affect plant productivity and soil organisms. Can. J. Plant Sci. 92: 687–697. The relationships between ecosystem diversity, productivity, and stability is a central theme in current ecological research; the links between above-ground and below-ground ecosystems, as well as their effects on ecosystem services, are becoming more understood. While plant communities differ in primary productivity, and in the communities of soil organisms they support, it is unclear whether these differences are a

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Scown, M. W., M. C. Thoms, and N. R. De Jager. "An index of floodplain surface complexity." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 20, no. 1 (2016): 431–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-431-2016.

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Abstract. Floodplain surface topography is an important component of floodplain ecosystems. It is the primary physical template upon which ecosystem processes are acted out, and complexity in this template can contribute to the high biodiversity and productivity of floodplain ecosystems. There has been a limited appreciation of floodplain surface complexity because of the traditional focus on temporal variability in floodplains as well as limitations to quantifying spatial complexity. An index of floodplain surface complexity (FSC) is developed in this paper and applied to eight floodplains fr

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Burns, J. H. R., and D. Delparte. "COMPARISON OF COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE-FROM-MOTION PHOTOGRAMMETY SOFTWARE USED FOR UNDERWATER THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING OF CORAL REEF ENVIRONMENTS." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W3 (February 23, 2017): 127–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w3-127-2017.

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Structural complexity in ecosystems creates an assortment of microhabitat types and has been shown to support greater diversity and abundance of associated organisms. The 3D structure of an environment also directly affects important ecological parameters such as habitat provisioning and light availability and can therefore strongly influence ecosystem function. Coral reefs are architecturally complex 3D habitats, whose structure is intrinsically linked to the ecosystem biodiversity, productivity, and function. The field of coral ecology has, however, been primarily limited to using 2-dimensio

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Reyers, Belinda, Jeanne L. Nel, Patrick J. O’Farrell, Nadia Sitas, and Deon C. Nel. "Navigating complexity through knowledge coproduction: Mainstreaming ecosystem services into disaster risk reduction." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, no. 24 (2015): 7362–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1414374112.

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Achieving the policy and practice shifts needed to secure ecosystem services is hampered by the inherent complexities of ecosystem services and their management. Methods for the participatory production and exchange of knowledge offer an avenue to navigate this complexity together with the beneficiaries and managers of ecosystem services. We develop and apply a knowledge coproduction approach based on social–ecological systems research and assess its utility in generating shared knowledge and action for ecosystem services. The approach was piloted in South Africa across four case studies aimed

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WALL, DIANA H. "Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial habitats of Antarctica." Antarctic Science 17, no. 4 (2005): 523–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102005002944.

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Are we failing to acknowledge the impact of global changes (e.g. UVB, invasive species, climate, land use, atmosphere) on the terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem processes of Antarctica? Antarctica is considered a pristine environment and has low terrestrial species diversity and trophic complexity, and yet while scientifically possible, we still do not know the number of species, where they are, or how their influence on ecosystem processes (e.g. nutrient cycling, carbon flux, decomposition, feedbacks to climate, hydrology) will be affected by multiple global changes. Increased recognition

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Terui, Akira, Nobuo Ishiyama, Hirokazu Urabe, Satoru Ono, Jacques C. Finlay, and Futoshi Nakamura. "Metapopulation stability in branching river networks." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 26 (2018): E5963—E5969. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800060115.

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Intraspecific population diversity (specifically, spatial asynchrony of population dynamics) is an essential component of metapopulation stability and persistence in nature. In 2D systems, theory predicts that metapopulation stability should increase with ecosystem size (or habitat network size): Larger ecosystems will harbor more diverse subpopulations with more stable aggregate dynamics. However, current theories developed in simplified landscapes may be inadequate to predict emergent properties of branching ecosystems, an overlooked but widespread habitat geometry. Here, we combine theory a

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Nihoul, Jacques C. J. "Optimum complexity in ecohydrodynamic modelling: an ecosystem dynamics standpoint." Journal of Marine Systems 16, no. 1-2 (1998): 3–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0924-7963(97)00096-1.

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Hannah, Charles, Alain Vezina, and Mike St John. "The case for marine ecosystem models of intermediate complexity." Progress in Oceanography 84, no. 1-2 (2010): 121–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2009.09.015.

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Lawinsky, Maria Luiza de Jesus. "The ecosystem approach: complexity, uncertainty, and managing for sustainability." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 26, no. 2 (2010): 422–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0102-311x2010000200023.

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Liu, Honglu, Zhihong Tian, and Xiaolan Guan. "Analysis on Complexity and Evolution of E-Commerce Ecosystem." International Journal of u- and e- Service, Science and Technology 6, no. 6 (2013): 41–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijunesst.2013.6.6.05.

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Wang, Rusong, Feng Li, Dan Hu, and B. Larry Li. "Understanding eco-complexity: Social-Economic-Natural Complex Ecosystem approach." Ecological Complexity 8, no. 1 (2011): 15–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2010.11.001.

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Norgaard, Richard B. "Ecosystem services: From eye-opening metaphor to complexity blinder." Ecological Economics 69, no. 6 (2010): 1219–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.009.

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Huang, Heng, Chengyi Tu, and Paolo D'Odorico. "Ecosystem complexity enhances the resilience of plant-pollinator systems." One Earth 4, no. 9 (2021): 1286–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.08.008.

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Chen, Liang, Rusong Wang, Jianxin Yang, and Yongliang Shi. "Structural complexity analysis for industrial ecosystems: A case study on LuBei industrial ecosystem in China." Ecological Complexity 7, no. 2 (2010): 179–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.10.007.

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Vannevel, Rudy, and Peter L. M. Goethals. "Identifying Ecosystem Key Factors to Support Sustainable Water Management." Sustainability 12, no. 3 (2020): 1148. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12031148.

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There is a growing consensus that sustainable development requires a behavioral change, forced by firm decision-making. However, existing decision-supporting tools are unlikely to provide relevant information, hampered by the complexity of combined socio-economic and natural systems. Protecting the intrinsic value of ecosystems and providing sufficient natural resources for human use at the same time leads up to a wide span of management, ranging from species traits to governance. The aim of this study is to investigate the interactions between the natural and economic systems from the perspec

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Byrom, Andrea E., Ally J. K. Nkwabi, Kristine Metzger, et al. "Anthropogenic stressors influence small mammal communities in tropical East African savanna at multiple spatial scales." Wildlife Research 42, no. 2 (2015): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr14223.

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Context Protection of natural ecosystems undoubtedly safeguards ecological communities, with positive benefits for ecosystem processes and function. However, ecosystems are under threat from anthropogenic stressors that reduce the resilience both of component species and the system as a whole. Aims To determine how anthropogenic stressors (land use and climate change) could impact the diversity and resilience of a small mammal community in the greater Serengeti ecosystem, an East African savanna comprising Serengeti National Park (SNP) and adjacent agro-ecosystems, at local (SNP) and Africa-wi

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Bailey, Kevin M., Lorenzo Ciannelli, Mary Hunsicker, et al. "Comparative analysis of marine ecosystems: workshop on predator–prey interactions." Biology Letters 6, no. 5 (2010): 579–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0326.

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Climate and human influences on marine ecosystems are largely manifested by changes in predator–prey interactions. It follows that ecosystem-based management of the world's oceans requires a better understanding of food web relationships. An international workshop on predator–prey interactions in marine ecosystems was held at the Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA on 16–18 March 2010. The meeting brought together scientists from diverse fields of expertise including theoretical ecology, animal behaviour, fish and seabird ecology, statistics, fisheries science and ecosystem modelling.

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Wang, Yi, Min Zhao, Hengguo Yu, et al. "Analysis of Spatiotemporal Dynamic and Bifurcation in a Wetland Ecosystem." Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society 2015 (2015): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/185432.

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A wetland ecosystem is studied theoretically and numerically to reveal the rules of dynamics which can be quite accurate to better describe the observed spatial regularity of tussock vegetation. Mathematical theoretical works mainly investigate the stability of constant steady states, the existence of nonconstant steady states, and bifurcation, which can deduce a standard parameter control relation and in return can provide a theoretical basis for the numerical simulation. Numerical analysis indicates that the theoretical works are correct and the wetland ecosystem can show rich dynamical beha

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