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International Journal on Ecological Modelling and Systems Ecology Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor for Thermodynamics Applied in Systems Ecology and Ecological Modelling S.E. Jørgensen, Langkær Vænge 9, DK-3500 Værløse, Copenhagen, Denmark; Tel.: +45-35-306281; Fax: +45-35-306013; E-mail: [email protected] Associate Editor for Modelling of Ecosystems and Ecological Processes W.E. Grant, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2258, USA. Associate Editor for Modelling of Geo-Biosphere Processes O. Richter, Institut fu¨r Geographie und Geoo¨kologie, Technische Universita¨t Braunschweig, Postfach 3329, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany. Associate Editor for Ecosystems Theory and its Application in Ecological Modelling ¨ kosystemforschung, Kiel University, Schauenburgerstrasse 112, D-24118 Kiel, Germany. F. Mu¨ller, CAU Projektzentrum O Editorial Advisory Board I. Aoki (Hamamatsu, Japan) G. Bendoricchio (Padova, Italy) T.N. Brown (Canterbury, New Zealand) V. Christensen (Vancouver, BC, Canada) T.-S. Chon (Pusan, South Korea) R. Costanza (Solomons, MD, USA) K.I. Dahl-Madsen (Horsholm, Denmark) J. Devillers (Lyon, France) B. Diekkru¨ger (Bonn, Germany) B. Fath (Towson, MD, USA) F. Guerrin (La Reunion, France) E. Halfon (Burlington, ON, Canada) J.W. Hearne (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) V. Hull (Rome, Italy) A.J. Jakeman (Canberra, ACT, Australia) M.J. Jeger (Wageningen, The Netherlands) S. Kelloma¨ki (Joensuu, Finland) M.J. Kirkby (Leeds, UK) M.J. Kishi (Hokkaido, Japan) B. Kompare (Ljubljana, Slovenia) T. Legovic´ (Zagreb, Croatia) S. Lek (Toulouse, France) B.-L. Li (Riverside, CA, USA) J. Liu (East Lansing, MI, USA) C. Loehle (Argonne, IL, USA) D.O. Logofet (Moscow, Russia)

B.C. Longstaff (Canberra, ACT, Australia) A. Malmgren-Hansen (Hørsholm, Denmark) A. Marani (Venice, Italy) V.H. Marin (Santiago, Chile) J.C. Marques (Coimbra, Portugal) W.J. Mitsch (Columbus, OH, USA) S.N. Nielsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) Y.A. Pachepsky (Beltsville, MD, USA) B. Patten (Athens, GA, USA) E. Priesack (Oberschleissheim, Germany) S. Ray (Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India) F.A. Recknagel (Adelaide, SA, Australia) S. Rinaldi (Milano, Italy) P. Sands (Sandy Bay, Australia) R.E. Smith (Fort Collins, CO, USA) Y.M. Svirezhev (Potsdam, Germany) E. Tiezzi (Siena, Italy) R.E. Ulanowicz (Solomons, MD, USA) S. Ulgiati (Siena, Italy) M.Th. Van Genuchten (Riverside, CA, USA) O.F. Vasiliev (Novosibirsk, Russian Federation) H. Vereecken (Ju¨lich, Germany) F.-L. Xu (Beijing, P.R. of China) P. Zannetti (Menlo Park, CA, USA) J. Zucchetto (Washington, DC, USA)

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Amsterdam – London – New York – Oxford – Paris – Shannon – Tokyo doi:10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00291-6