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Ecosystems emerging. 5: Constraints

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  • Patten, Bernard C.
  • Straškraba, Milan
  • Jørgensen, Sven E.

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Ecosystem constraints are both ontic and epistemic. They limit activity, and as problems to be solved they drive organization, which is our hypothesis:The driver of organization is constraint.

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  • Patten, Bernard C. & Straškraba, Milan & Jørgensen, Sven E., 2011. "Ecosystems emerging. 5: Constraints," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 222(16), pages 2945-2972.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:222:y:2011:i:16:p:2945-2972
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.04.019
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    1. Fath, Brian D., 2014. "Sustainable systems promote wholeness-extending transformations: The contributions of systems thinking," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 293(C), pages 42-48.
    2. Patten, Bernard C., 2016. "Systems ecology and environmentalism: Getting the science right. Part II: The Janus Enigma Hypothesis," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 335(C), pages 101-138.
    3. Patten, Bernard C., 2015. "Link tracking: Quantifying network flows from qualitative node–link digraphs," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 295(C), pages 47-58.
    4. Patten, Bernard C., 2014. "Systems ecology and environmentalism: Getting the science right. Part I: Facets for a more holistic Nature Book of ecology," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 293(C), pages 4-21.
    5. Straškraba, Milan & Jørgensen, Sven E. & Patten, Bernard C., 2014. "Ecosystems emerging: 6. Differentiation," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 278(C), pages 29-51.
    6. Patten, Bernard C., 2016. "The cardinal hypotheses of Holoecology," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 319(C), pages 63-111.

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