thermodynamic approach for assessing agroecosystem sustainability
By revisiting theoretical concepts in biogeography and the importance of thermodynamic laws in biosphere-atmosphere interactions, ecological sustainability in agricultural systems may be better defined. In this case study, we employed a multidisciplinary methodology for exploring agroecosystem sustainability by using eddy covariance (EC) data to compute thermodynamic entropy production (Ï) and relate it to water, energy and carbon cycling in croplands and grasslands of the Central US.