Measuring complexity in three-trophic level systems

This essay is a trial on measuring complexity in a three-trophic level system by using a convex function of the informational entropy. The complexity measure defined here is compatible with the fact that real complexity lies between ordered and disordered states. Applying this measure to the data co...

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Published inEcological modelling Vol. 220; no. 3; pp. 266 - 271
Main Authors Piqueira, J.R.C., de Mattos, S.H.V.L., Vasconcelos-Neto, J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 10.02.2009
Elsevier
Subjects
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Complexity measure
Convex function
Desmodium discolor
Desmodium uncinatum
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects. Techniques
Informational entropy
Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...)
Convex function
Desmodium discolor
Complexity measure
Informational entropy
Desmodium uncinatum
Leguminosae
Dicotyledones
Angiospermae
Spermatophyta
Models
Tritrophic system
Desmodium
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Summary:This essay is a trial on measuring complexity in a three-trophic level system by using a convex function of the informational entropy. The complexity measure defined here is compatible with the fact that real complexity lies between ordered and disordered states. Applying this measure to the data collected for two three-trophic level systems some hints about their organization are obtained.
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ISSN:0304-3800
1872-7026
DOI:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.10.013