Macroecology: Does it ignore or can it encourage further ecological syntheses based on spatially local experimental manipulations?

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-393

  Paine, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Macroecology; Management; Niche; Phenomenology; Role

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROECOLOGY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WETLANDS;

EID: 77957597571     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656273     Document Type: Article

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