Statistical Mechanics Ideas and Techniques Applied to Selected Problems in Ecology

Ecosystem dynamics provides an interesting arena for the application of a plethora concepts and techniques from statistical mechanics. Here I review three examples corresponding each one to an important problem in ecology. First, I start with an analytical derivation of clumpy patterns for species r...

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Main Author: Hugo Fort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-11-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/12/5237