Frameworking ascendency increase

Stanley N. Salthe

pp. 223-230

in: Axiomathes 22 (2), 2012.

Abstract

In this paper I provide a framework—what I refer to as "development theory'—for Ulanowicz's ascendency theory of ecosystem development. Development theory is based in thermodynamics and information theory. A prominent feature of development theory is an understanding of senescence.