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The purpose of this chapter is to describe a systems model which uses data on arthropods, nematodes, plants, other organisms, and weather to simulate energy flow involving invertebrates in the ecosystem. This model was used for the invertebrate computations included in Chapter 5.
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Scott, J.A. (1979). An Ecosystem-Level Trophic-Group Arthropod and Nematode Bioenergetics Model. In: French, N.R. (eds) Perspectives in Grassland Ecology. Ecological Studies, vol 32. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6182-7_7
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