Quantifying Ecosystem Maturity — a Case Study

摘要: In this paper Odum’s maturity concept, which is one of the basic sources orientor and goal function approach, analyzed on basis empirical data from terrestrial sites project “Ecosystem Research in Bornhoved Lakes District”. The concept linked with thermodynamic non-equilibrium principle. Both theories are tested three levels: ecosystems, plant community succession, microbial processes. Specific indicators used to test hypotheses. Instead a continuous long-term observation ecosystem, different neighboring developmental stages compared. all cases it obvious that support hypotheses: There ecosystem properties regularly optimized throughout normal development. These potential can be taken proof ecological significance principle thermodynamics.