Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis

Quantifying ecosystem degradation via energetic deficits

The paper quantifies ecosystem degradation by calculating energetic and monetary deficits needed for regeneration, showing nonlinear relationships and significant economic costs in African savannas.

Ecoduality

The paper explores duality in ecological systems, proposing a new framework to quantify ecosystem structure and behavior beyond traditional entropy measures.

Energetic constraints shape the diversity of feasible ecological networks

This paper develops a geometric framework to show how energetic constraints shape ecological network diversity, revealing a unimodal relationship between energy supply and biodiversity.

Humans as predator of the biosphere: technological modulation of consumer/resource dynamics and its implications for sustainability

The paper models human impact on the biosphere using an ecological framework to show that technological changes affect consumption and carrying capacity, leading to potential instability and biosphere collapse.

On the energetic boundaries of trophic systems

The paper develops a thermodynamic framework to determine the energetic boundaries of trophic systems and shows how these boundaries limit food-chain length.