TY - BOOK AU - Yackinous,William S. TI - Understanding complex ecosystem dynamics: a systems and engineering perspective SN - 9780128020319 AV - TA170 YAC 2015 U1 - 003 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Elsevier / Academic Press KW - Environmental engineering KW - Ecosystem management KW - System theory KW - Biotic communities KW - Simulation methods KW - System analysis KW - Complexity (Philosophy) KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-403) and index; Part I. The systems and engineering perspective -- Part II. A function-structure-process framework for ecological system dynamics -- Part III. Complex systems theory : networks, nonlinear dynamics, cellular automata, and fractals (roughness) -- Part IV. A view of the characteristics of ecological network dynamics -- Part V. Modeling ecological network dynamics and the generation and analysis of results -- Part VI. Pulling it all altogether ER -