Complementary Models for Ecosystems
Complementary Models for Ecosystems
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10.1086/284467
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发表时间：
1986-01
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W. Reiners
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W. Reiners
生态系统层面的生态研究充满了概念上的困难，导致理论发展的进展步履蹒跚。接受生态系统不同方面的多种模式可能有助于减少这种混乱。提出了两种互补的生态系统模型：第一种基于能量，第二种基于物质。第一个模型来自热力学第二定律，而第二个补充模型来自生物群的化学计量。这些模型可以独立开发，但有许多交互点。这些观点产生了另一系列的预测和假设。虽然这些互补的模式作为理论结构的大部分身体的生态系统概念，他们本身是不够的。可能以人口和社区一级的明确联系为中心的其他补充模式也是必要的。
The ecosystem level of ecological research is fraught with conceptual difficulties that have contributed to faltering progress in theoretical development. An acceptance of multiple models for different aspects of ecosystems may assist in reducing this confusion. Two complementary models of ecosystems are suggested: the first based on energy, the second based on matter. Whereas the first follows from the second law of thermodynamics, the second complementary model derives from the chemical stoichiometry of the biota. These models can be developed independently but have many points of interaction. These points yield another series of predictions and hypotheses. While these complementary models serve as theoretical structures for much of the body of ecosystem concepts, they are not adequate by themselves. Other complementary models, perhaps centered on explicit linkages at the population and community levels, are necessary.