Humans have dramatically changed natural ecosystems around the world as their capacity to manage their environment for multiple uses has evolved in step with agricultural, industrial and green revolutions. Numerous natural ecosystems have been replaced by various artificial or semi-artificial ecosystems, the ecosystem has changed. To a certain extent, this is ecosystem evolution. So far, there is no definite ecological theory about the mechanism for evolution of an ecosystem. Even though the discipline of community ecology has a relatively comprehensive and well-described theory of succession, at the different ecological research levels, is it the same mechanism for the community succession and ecosystem evolution? What is the factor that drives ecosystem evolution? This paper puts forward the “Ecosystem Core” hypothesis to scientifically address the above problems. We define abiotic component of ecosystem as “Ecosystem Core” or “Resource Core”, which provides the foundation (matter and energy) for the existence and progress of organisms and should be the nucleus of an ecosystem. In this paper, we explain the basic meaning of this hypothesis, review its theoretical foundation, and provide a demonstration (based on emergy theory, which is an accounting tool that considers both the environmental and economic inputs that are directly or indirectly required by a process to generate a product and it measures real wealth, independent of financial considerations) of the hypothesis, and discuss the mechanism of ecosystem evolution. The “Ecosystem Core” hypothesis reveals the quantitative relationship between the energy input and ecosystem evolution. The input of artificial auxiliary energy is the direct cause of ecosystem evolution. Different combinations of natural and purchased emergy are coupled to maintain the same ecosystem under the different environmental conditions. When artificial energy enters the ecosystem, its role is similar to that of the microscopic particles that collide with the nucleus in the nuclear reaction, and after mutual reaction, the atom will form a new atomic structure, and for the ecosystem, a new form of resource composition and energy action will appear, and the corresponding species of life will change, then ecosystem complete its evolution.

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建立“生态系统核心”假说来解释生态系统的演变

随着农业，工业和绿色革命的发展，人类为多种用途管理环境的能力已经发生了巨大变化，从而改变了世界范围内的自然生态系统。许多自然生态系统已被各种人工或半人工生态系统取代，生态系统已经发生了变化。在某种程度上，这就是生态系统的演变。到目前为止，还没有关于生态系统演化机制的明确生态学理论。尽管社区生态学的学科具有相对全面且描述充分的继承理论，但是在不同的生态学研究水平上，社区继承和生态系统演化的机制是否相同？推动生态系统发展的因素是什么？本文提出了“生态系统核心”假说，科学地解决了上述问题。我们将生态系统的非生物成分定义为“生态系统核心”或“资源核心”，它为生物的存在和发展提供了基础（物质和能量），应该成为生态系统的核心。在本文中，我们解释了该假设的基本含义，回顾了其理论基础，并提供了一个论证（基于能值理论，这是一种考虑了过程直接或间接需要的环境和经济投入的会计工具）产生产品，并衡量假设的实际财富，而与财务考虑无关），并讨论了生态系统演化的机制。“生态系统核心”假说揭示了能量输入与生态系统演化之间的定量关系。人工辅助能源的输入是生态系统演化的直接原因。将自然能和购买能的不同组合结合在一起，以在不同环境条件下维持相同的生态系统。当人造能量进入生态系统时，其作用类似于在核反应中与核碰撞的微观粒子的作用，并且在相互反应后，原子将形成新的原子结构，而对于生态系统而言，则为新形式的资源组成和能量作用将出现，相应的生命物种将发生变化，然后生态系统完成其演化。“生态系统核心”假说揭示了能量输入与生态系统演化之间的定量关系。人工辅助能源的输入是生态系统演化的直接原因。将自然能和购买能的不同组合结合在一起，以在不同环境条件下维持相同的生态系统。当人造能量进入生态系统时，其作用类似于在核反应中与核碰撞的微观粒子的作用，并且在相互反应后，原子将形成新的原子结构，而对于生态系统而言，则为新形式的资源组成和能量作用将出现，相应的生命物种将发生变化，然后生态系统完成其演化。“生态系统核心”假说揭示了能量输入与生态系统演化之间的定量关系。人工辅助能源的输入是生态系统演化的直接原因。将自然能和购买能的不同组合结合在一起，以在不同环境条件下维持相同的生态系统。当人造能量进入生态系统时，其作用类似于在核反应中与核碰撞的微观粒子的作用，并且在相互反应后，原子将形成新的原子结构，而对于生态系统而言，则为新形式的资源组成和能量作用将出现，相应的生命物种将发生变化，然后生态系统完成其演化。