Principles of ecology
Title: Principles of ecology
Category: /Society & Culture/Environment
Details: Words: 3318 | Pages: 12 (approximately 235 words/page)
Principles of ecology
Category: /Society & Culture/Environment
Details: Words: 3318 | Pages: 12 (approximately 235 words/page)
Abstract
New insights into the natural world are just a few of the results from the use of fractal geometry.
Examples from population and landscape ecology are used to illustrate the usefulness of fractal
geometry to the field of ecology. The advent of the computer age played an important role in the
development and acceptance of fractal geometry as a valid new discipline. New insights gained from
the application of fractal geometry to ecology include:
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