This article came from a PhD chapter. If you would like an electronic copy, let me know.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.05.006
One thing I think is cool and important about this ecological network analysis (ENA) paper is that the approach leads to a model of a natural system with humans inside rather than external. Thus the modeling and modeler’s perspective is a view from the inside of a complex system, a food web, an ecological network that is able to bring humans into material existence. In my grandiose hopes and wishes that also seeks to praise and promote the leadership work of the ENA school, I think this can be as profound as Darwinian evolution theory – because both provide a new perspective on where humans fit in to the great scheme of the world. The human food web also helps answer the great questions from a new angle, so that Who am I? Where did I come from? Where do I fit into the world? all can be answered partly based on the energy, carbon, nitrogen or other currencies that flow through a community-ecosystem to help create each individual and each generation of human beings.
