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The Autopoietic Forest
"An autopoietic forest is a natural, forested ecosystem that is "self making", that is, the forest is an emergent property of the entire living community interacting with its environment to produce a dynamically adaptive system with homeorrhetic tendencies.
Conversely, most forests are now MANaged in which the forest is the result of one species interacting with the environment and directing the future trajectory of that ecosystem through artificial selection..."
Beluzo, 2011
"An autopoietic forest is a natural, forested ecosystem that is "self making", that is, the forest is an emergent property of the entire living community interacting with its environment to produce a dynamically adaptive system with homeorrhetic tendencies.
Conversely, most forests are now MANaged in which the forest is the result of one species interacting with the environment and directing the future trajectory of that ecosystem through artificial selection..."
Beluzo, 2011
Earth is an Autopoietic Planet.
Our planet is a self-creating, self-regulating, complex system; replete with over 300 millions species of Life. Just how small can a self-sustaining ecosystem be? Visit the EcoPorium and find out about EcoWorlds..
Our planet is a self-creating, self-regulating, complex system; replete with over 300 millions species of Life. Just how small can a self-sustaining ecosystem be? Visit the EcoPorium and find out about EcoWorlds..