The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: What have we learned in 20 years?

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 4-16

  Chave, Jérôme ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Eco evolutionary dynamics; Global change; Modularity; Pattern; Scale; Spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GENETICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STOCHASTICITY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84877924096     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12048     Document Type: Article

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