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· 분류 : 외국도서 > 과학/수학/생태 > 과학 > 생명과학 > 생태학
· ISBN : 9780080441672
· 쪽수 : 380쪽
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1. Thermodynamics as a method: A problem of statistical description.
2. The laws of classical thermodynamics and their application to ecology.
3. Second and third law of thermodynamics in open systems.
4. Entropy, probability and information.
5. Work, exergy and information.
6. Stability in mathematics, thermodynamics and ecology.
7. Models of ecosystems: Thermodynamic basis and methods. I. Trophic chains.
8. Models of ecosystems: Thermodynamics basis and methods. II. Competition and trophic level.
9. Thermodynamics of ecological networks.
10. Thermodynamics of vegetation.
11. Thermodynamics of the biosphere.
12. Teleology and extreme principles. A tentative fourth law of thermodynamics.
13. Application of exergy as ecological indicator and goal function in ecological modelling.