Self-organization and the Emergence of Complexity in Ecological Systems

By Simon A. Levin. 2005

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering

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In Astronomy and Astrophysics

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2. K. Kim
3. S. Simard

In Atmospheric Science

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2. K. Kim
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Citations in the corpus

• Complexity in climate-change impacts: an analytical framework for effects mediated by plant disease (2011, background): “These can be defined as systems in which ‘higher-level’ patterns emerge as a result of interactions and processes at lower levels (Levin, 2005).”
• Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches (2018, background): “The connections between elements and how these relations give shape to the structure and function of a system are sustained by self-generating organizational capacities (Rosen 1991, Günther and Folke 1993, Morin 1999, Levin 2005, Fox Keller 2008).”
• Feedbacks between geomorphology and biota controlling Earth surface processes and landforms: A review of foundation concepts and current understandings (2011, background): “Co-adjustments between biotic and abiotic compartments have often been qualified in the literature as ‘coevolution’ processes (e.g., Lotka, 1925; Lewontin, 1983; Phillips, 1995b; Montgomery, 2000; Levin, 2005; Dietrich et al., 2006; Hazen et al., 2008; Wilkinson et al., 2009; Marston, 2010).”
• Biodiversity loss and the taxonomic bottleneck: emerging biodiversity science (2006, background): “Setting semantic and conceptual debates aside, it is now well understood that biodiversity determines the structure and function of ecosystems and, conversely, that ecosystem structure and function determine patterns of biodiversity (e.g., Prugh 1995; Naheem and Li 1997; Redford and Richter 1999; Ri”
• TRIAD zoning in Quebec: Experiences and results after 5 years (2009, background): “THE FORESTRY CHRONICLE • Mixed plantations in the wood production zone, • A silviculture approach based on complex adaptive systems (Levin 2005, Solé and Bascompte 2006) (See Silviculture for managing complex adaptive systems sidebar).”
• Mycorrhizal networks: Mechanisms, ecology and modelling (2012, unknown): “…identification techniques have helped to overcome these limitations, especially regarding the use of genotype-specific markers to track networking plants and fungal genets across space (Lian et al., 2006; Beiler et al., 2010; Grelet et al., 2010; Bahram et al., 2011) (see Section 2 and Box 5).”
• Mycorrhizal Networks Facilitate Tree Communication, Learning, and Memory (2018, background): “…and algae, as well as nematodes, arthropods, and protozoa (together comprising a soil food web), work together with the plants in complex adaptive systems to drive nature’s biogeochemical cycles and influence every aspect of ecosystem structure and function (Ingham et al. 1985; Levin 2005).”
• Hard choices: Making trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and human well-being (2011, background): “Human and natural systems are inextricably linked (Holling, 2001; Folke et al., 2002; Wilson, 2002; Levin, 2005).”