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Roots of Diversity Relations
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. 2008, Issue 2008 (31 Dec. 2008), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2008-12-11
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The species-area relationship is one of the central generalizations in ecology; however, its origin has remained a puzzle.
Since ecosystems are understood as energy transduction systems, the regularities in species richness are considered to result from ubiquitous imperatives in energy transduction.
From a thermodynamic point of view, organisms are transduction mechanisms that distribute an influx of energy down along the steepest gradients to the ecosystem's diverse repositories of chemical energy, that is, populations of species.
Transduction machineries, that is, ecosystems assembled from numerous species, may emerge and evolve toward high efficiency on large areas that hold more matter than small ones.
This results in the well-known logistic-like relationship between the area and the number of species.
The species-area relationship is understood, in terms of thermodynamics, to be the skewed cumulative curve of chemical energy distribution that is commonly known as the species-abundance relationship.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Würtz, Peter. 2008. Roots of Diversity Relations. Journal of Biophysics،Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488644
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Würtz, Peter. Roots of Diversity Relations. Journal of Biophysics No. 2008 (2008), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-488644
American Medical Association (AMA)
Würtz, Peter. Roots of Diversity Relations. Journal of Biophysics. 2008. Vol. 2008, no. 2008, pp.1-8.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-488644