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International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics

2nd Edition, as published by Charles François 2004 Presented by the Bertalanffy Center for the Study of Systems Science Vienna for public access.

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The International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics was first edited and published by the system scientist Charles François in 1997. The online version that is provided here was based on the 2nd edition in 2004. It was uploaded and gifted to the center by ASC president Michael Lissack in 2019; the BCSSS purchased the rights for the re-publication of this volume in 200?. In 2018, the original editor expressed his wish to pass on the stewardship over the maintenance and further development of the encyclopedia to the Bertalanffy Center. In the future, the BCSSS seeks to further develop the encyclopedia by open collaboration within the systems sciences. Until the center has found and been able to implement an adequate technical solution for this, the static website is made accessible for the benefit of public scholarship and education.

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DOMINANCE 1)2)

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In an ecosystem, the control by one species of the basic conditions of existence of other species, members of the system.

In systemic terms, dominance implies the establishment of a hierarchy and is characteristic of any socialization process.

According to R. FULLER and P. PUTNAM dominance is acquired through a random search process "… usually stopped by a sequence or combination of acts" (1967, p.104).

The dominant species controls the energy flows and the power circuits. For example, birches, oaks or palm trees control the microclimatic conditions wherever they become the main element in the wood, which implies that some species can survive, and others cannot.

Within an animal group, dominance tends to instaure a hierarchic order that will diminish the wasteful use of resources due to infighting, and increase the global efficiency of the group.

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