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Robert E. Ulanowicz

Robert E. Ulanowicz

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
67
Citations
18748
World Ranking
1586
National Ranking
580

Overview

Robert E. Ulanowicz is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States, focusing on interdisciplinary research that bridges ecological and economic systems. Their work spans Environmental Science and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with significant contributions to subfields such as Environmental Engineering and Economics and Econometrics.

The research topics explored by Ulanowicz include:

  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Economic and Technological Innovation
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Sustainable Industrial Ecology
  • Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Ulanowicz has published papers in several recognized scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Socio-Ecological Networks: A Lens That Focuses Beyond Physics" (2021) in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Ecological Clues to the Nature of Consciousness" (2020) in Entropy

While some recent work shows collaborations with other authors such as Roberto Cazzolla Gatti and Filippos K. Zisopoulos, Ulanowicz is known to have frequent co-authors including Brian D. Fath, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Roger Koppl, Stuart Kauffman, and Wim Hordijk.

Publication venues where Ulanowicz has contributed multiple times include:

  • Journal of Bioeconomics
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Cleaner Production Letters
  • Entropy

Ulanowicz has authored books published by notable publishers. These include "Explaining Technology" (2023) published by Cambridge University Press and a work related to water quality impacts titled "Some effects of Hurricane Agnes on water quality in the Patuxent River Estuary" (2021) published by UNESCO.

Their interdisciplinary approach integrates aspects of complex systems, ecological analysis, and economic theories. This facilitates investigations into sustainability challenges and the dynamics of socio-ecological and economic niches across different contexts.

Best Publications

  • Growth and Development: Ecosystems Phenomenology

    Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Ecology, the ascendent perspective

    Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • The Seasonal Dynamics of The Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

    Daniel Baird;Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Compartments revealed in food-web structure

    Ann E. Krause;Kenneth A. Frank;Doran M. Mason;Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Quantitative methods for ecological network analysis

    Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Quantifying sustainability: Resilience, efficiency and the return of information theory

    Robert E. Ulanowicz;Sally J. Goerner;Bernard Lietaer;Rocio Gomez

  • An hypothesis on the development of natural communities.

    Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Ecological network analysis : network construction

    Brian D. Fath;Ursula M. Scharler;Ursula M. Scharler;Robert E. Ulanowicz;Bruce Hannon

  • Improving Food Webs

    J. E. Cohen;R. A. Beaver;S. H. Cousins;D. L. DeAngelis

  • The dual nature of ecosystem dynamics

    Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Comparative study on the trophic structure, cycling and ecosystem properties of four tidal estuaries

    D. Baird;RE Ulanowicz

  • The Comparative Ecology of Six Marine Ecosystems

    D. Baird;J. M. Mcglade;R. E.K Ulanowicz

  • Quantifying economic sustainability: Implications for free-enterprise theory, policy and practice

    Sally J. Goerner;Bernard Lietaer;Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Comparative ecosystem trophic structure of three U.S. mid-Atlantic estuaries

    Mark E. Monaco;Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Information theory in ecology.

    Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Life and the production of entropy

    R. E. Ulanowicz;B. M. Hannon

  • The Trophic Consequences of Oyster Stock Rehabilitation in Chesapeake Bay

    Robert E. Ulanowicz;Jon H. Tuttle

  • Scale and Biodiversity Policy: A Hierarchical Approach

    Bryan G. Norton;Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • A package for the analysis of ecosystem flow networks

    Robert E. Ulanowicz;James J. Kay

  • Identifying the Structure of Cycling in Ecosystems

    Robert E. Ulanowicz

  • Aquatic food webs : an ecosystem approach

    Andrea Belgrano;Ursula M. Scharler;Jennifer Dunne;Robert E. Ulanowicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian D. Fath
Brian D. Fath Towson University
Sven Erik Jørgensen
Sven Erik Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Bernard C. Patten
Bernard C. Patten University of Georgia
João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Felix Müller
Felix Müller Kiel University
Simone Bastianoni
Simone Bastianoni University of Siena
Dan Baird
Dan Baird Stellenbosch University
Robert R. Christian
Robert R. Christian East Carolina University
Stuart A. Kauffman
Stuart A. Kauffman University of Vermont
Donald F. Boesch
Donald F. Boesch University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences

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