A little understood question in climate and ecological modelling is when a system appropriately can be considered in statistical equilibrium or quasi-steady state. The answer bears on a host of central issues, including the ability of small perturbations to cause large catastrophes, the constant dri
Self-organized criticality in Monte Carlo simulated ecosystems
✍ Scribed by Ricard V. Solé; Daniel López; Marta Ginovart; Joaquim Valls
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 646 KB
- Volume
- 172
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0375-9601
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