Download or read book The Dynamic Nature of Ecosystems written by Claudia Pahl-Wostl and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1995-07-05 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It argues that it is the trade-off between the irregular, chaotic dynamics at the population level and the spatio-temporal organization of the system as a whole, that shapes ecological systems. Such a trade-off is mediated by the effects of positive feedback that link populations across time and space.