Identification and Characterization of Ecohydrologic Process Networks

162 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008.However, all systems studied respond in a unified way to the mean Shannon entropy, which is a measure of the mean stochastic variability in the system in a given state. More Shannon entropy causes more information flow and more emergent self-organized feedback behavior in all systems. Two unifying principles, the Information Production Hypothesis and the Moderate Entropy Hypothesis, are proposed to explain how ecohydrological systems organize themselves in response to stochastic variability. It turns out that the stochastic variability, in addition to physical quantities such as the air temperature, is a fundamental determinant of the organization of complex adaptive ecohydrological systems.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD