title: Computer modelling of processes in ecosystems--general principles.
abstract: Concept of the mathematical modelling of ecosystems is presented, starting with a set of variables and a set of relations. Examples are given for the models of plant populations in terrestrial ecosystems. The differences between well-structured and ill-structured problems are shown with some methodological consequences for strategy of applications of computer models.
authors.affiliation: Technikal University, Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kowalik
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D017753:Ecosystem; D010944:Plants; D011157:Population Dynamics