Foundations of Macroecology Classic Papers with Commentaries

Name: Foundations of Macroecology Classic Papers with Commentaries
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ISBN: 9780226115474

ISBN-10: 022611547X

ISBN-13: 9780226115474

Edition: 2014

Authors: Felisa A. Smith, John L. Gittleman, James H. Brown

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Macroecology is an approach to science that emphasizes the description and explanation of patterns and processes at large spatial and temporal scales. Some scientists liken it to seeing the forest through the trees, giving the proverbial phrase an ecological twist. The term itself was first introduced to the modern literature by James H. Brown and Brian A. Maurer in a 1989 paper, and it is Brown’s classic 1995 study, Macroecology, that is credited with inspiring the broad-scale subfield of ecology. But as with all subfields, many modern-day elements of macroecology are implicit in earlier works dating back decades, even centuries.Foundations of Macroecology charts the evolutionary…

Book details

Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/22/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 824
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.036
Language: English

Felisa A. Smith is professor of biology at the University of New Mexico and lives in Santa Fe, NM.

John L. Gittleman is dean of the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He is coeditor of Carnivore Conservation and Phylogeny and Conservation.