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Introduction to Physical, Physiological and Causal Forest Ecology
H. T. Odum proposed that energy flows are the key factors in understanding the interactions between ecosystems and their environment. He used electric analogue models and analogue computers in his approach. Th...
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Environmental Factors
Solar radiation energy input is crucial for the environmental factors on the globe. The circulation of the globe around the Sun generates strong annual cycle, and the spinning of the globe around its own axis ...
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Processes in Living Structures
Cells are the basic functional units in forest ecosystems. Plants have strong cell wall, formed by cellulose and lignin. Cell membrane isolates the cell from its surroundings, starch acts as storage and enzyme...
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How to Utilise the Knowledge of Causal Responses?
Our physical and physiological theory provides causal explanations of various phenomena in forests. This causal nature of the theory enables versatile applications in forestry and in the research of the intera...
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Fluxes of Carbon, Water and Nutrients
The metabolic and physical processes result in concentration, pressure and temperature differences that generate fluxes within ecosystems and between ecosystems and their surroundings. We apply the same approa...