Quantifying sustainable balance in ecosystem configurations

The literature on sustainability is overwhelmingly occupied with conservation and efficiency as they pertain to individual actions and processes. At the whole-systems level, however, functional redundancy, which imparts flexibility, is mutually exclusive with efficiency and becomes a necessity for s...

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Main Author: Robert E. Ulanowicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Current Research in Environmental Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666049019300015