The tendency of the entropy to a maximum as an isolated system is relaxed to the
equilibrium (the second law of thermodynamics) has been known since the mid-19th …

This paper proposes a review of the development and use of multi-agent simulations (MAS)
for ecosystem management. The use of this methodology and the associated tools …

Stakeholder theory has thus far received limited attention in the context of entrepreneurship
education and university management. This paper addresses this research gap by …

Humans have spread an enormous net over the land. As the largest human artifact on earth,
this vast, nearly five million mile (8 million km) road network used by a quarter billion …

Natural complexity can best be explored using spatial analysis tools based on concepts of
landscape as process continuums that can be partially decomposed into objects or patches …

This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding,
updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing …

Declines in habitat structural complexity have marked ecological outcomes, as currently
observed in many of the world's ecosystems. Coral reefs have provided a model for such …

Providing accurate maps of mangroves, where the spatial scales of the mapped features
correspond to the ecological structures and processes, as opposed to pixel sizes and …

The objective of concepts to assess and implement sustainability in agriculture is to
consolidate the complex and diverse principles of the theoretical paradigm and to transform …

An exploited ecosystem from the continental shelf and upper slope of the Northwestern
Mediterranean Sea was described by means of an Ecopath mass-balance model with the …