Bøker av Sven E. Jorgensen

With descriptions of hundreds of the most important environmental and ecological models, this handbook is a unique and practical reference source. The Handbook of Environmental and Ecological Modeling is ideal for those working in environmental modeling, including regulators and managers who wish to understand the models used to make assessments. Overviews of more than 360 models are easily accessed in this handbook, allowing readers to quickly locate information they need about models available in a given ecosystem.The material in the Handbook of Environmental and Ecological Modeling is logically arranged according to ecosystem. Each of the sixteen chapters of the handbook covers a particular ecosystem, and includes not only the descriptions of the models, but also an overview of the state-of-the-art in modeling for that particular ecosystem. A summary of the spectrum of available models is also provided in each chapter. The extensive table of contents and the easy-to-use index put materials immediately at your fingertips.

Thermodynamics and Ecological Modeling provides a book-length study - the first of its kind - of the current thinking on how an ecosystem can be explained and predicted in terms of its thermodynamical behavior. After the introductory chapters on the fundamentals of thermodynamics, the book will then explain how thermodynamic theory can be specifically applied to the "measurement" of an ecosystem, including the assessment of its state of entropy and enthalpy. Additionally, it will show economists how to put these theories to use when trying to quantify the movement of goods and services through another type of complex living system - human society.

With descriptions of important environmental and ecological models, this handbook provides overviews of more than 360 models that are arranged according to ecosystem, allowing readers to locate information they need about models in a given ecosystem. It provides chapters that cover a particular ecosystem and include descriptions of the models.

Shows how an ecosystem can be explained and predicted in terms of its thermodynamical behavior. This book explains how thermodynamic theory can be applied to the measurement of an ecosystem, including the assessment of its state of entropy and enthalpy.