Entropy in Landscape Ecology: A Quantitative Textual Multivariate Review.

ABSTRACT: This paper presents a multivariate textual analysis of more than 1300 papers on entropy in ecology. There are six main insights that emerged. First, there is a large body of literature that has addressed some aspect of entropy in ecology, most of which has been published in the last 5-10 years. Second, the vast majority of these papers focus on species distribution, species richness, relative abundance or trophic structure and not landscape-scale patterns or processes, pe se. Third, there have been few papers addressing landscape-level questions related to entropy. Fourth, the quantitative analysis with hierarchical clustering identified a strongly nested structure among papers that addressed entropy in ecology. Fifth, there is clear differentiation of papers focused on landscape-level app

SUBMITTER: Cushman SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8625677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature