It is of great theoretical and practical significance to optimize improve the design rural human settlement units through system ecology analysis based on emergy evaluation indices. From perspective ecology, living environment multivariate complicated, with strong correlations obscure boundaries between levels. Therefore, definition a unit in China proposed this research can be divided into thr...

John Philip ‘Phil’ Grime developed fundamental theory in plant ecology that emerged from a lifetime of fieldwork and experimental studies the Sheffield region, South Yorkshire, UK. His approach was an unusual combination observation, experiment theory: he conducted detailed, intensive observations natural communities, alongside manipulation those communities simulated ‘microcosms’ service formu...

Marcel P. Haesler, Charlotte M. Lindeyer, Oliver Otti, Danielle Bonfils, Dik Heg, and Michael Taborsky Division of Behavioural Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Wohlenstrasse 50a, CH-3032 Hinterkappelen, Switzerland, Division of Aquatic Ecology and Macroevolution, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland, ...

The competitive nature of today’s scientific environment requires the availability of ranking indicators that are both fair and easy to compute. An ecologist’s publication record is the paper-trail that defines his/her scientific output, and assessment of that record hinges heavily on the popularity and prestige of the journal(s) where the research is published. Although highly criticized, the ...