What is Macroecology?

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 904-906

  Keith, Sally A ^a   Webb, Tom J ^c   Böhning Gaese, Katrin ^d   Connolly, Sean R ^a,b   Dulvy, Nicholas K ^e   Eigenbrod, Felix ^f   Jones, Kate E ^g   Price, Trevor ^h   Redding, David W ^g   Owens, Ian P F ⁱ   Isaac, Nick J B ^j  

^a Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^j CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Disease; Ecosystem; Macroecology; Process based model; Spatial scale; Theory

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LITERATURE REVIEW; MACROECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869750568     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0672     Document Type: Conference Paper

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