At 09:37 AM 6/6/98 -0700, Tom wrote: >Your point about maximizing energy flow and hence(?) biodiversity is an >interesting one - would you care to elaborate? A colleague of mine in Japan worked on a similar theory a few years ago, using Odum's and Hannon's (1973, 1979) earlier work (Washida 1995). His idea, in a nutshell, was that systems organised themselves to maximise respiration. A few references I came across in my studies are: Hannon, B. 1973. The structure of ecosystems. Journal of Theoretical Biology 41: 535-546. Hannon, B. 1979. Total energy costs in ecosystems. Journal of Theoretical Biology 80: 271-293. Washida, T. 1995. Ecosystem configurations consequent on the maximum respiration hypothesis. Ecological Modelling 78: 173-193. Andrew Andrew Robinson Graduate Student, Forest Biometrics, University of Minnesota EMAIL : arobinso@forestry.umn.edu PHONE : +1 612 625 5765 WWW : http://prism.fr.umn.edu/~arobinso FAX : +1 612 625 5212 No statements above necessarily represent my employer's position on anything.
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