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Ecosystem functioning and maximum entropy production: a quantitative test of hypotheses

The idea that entropy production puts a constraint on ecosystem functioning is quite popular in ecological thermodynamics. Yet, until now, such claims have received little quantitative verification. Here, we examine three ‘entropy production’ hypotheses that have been forwarded in the past. The firs...

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Autores principales: Meysman, Filip J. R., Bruers, Stijn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20368259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0300