Macrosystems ecology: Understanding ecological patterns and processes at continental scales

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-14

  Heffernan, James B ^a   Soranno, Patricia A ^b   Angilletta Jr , Michael J ^c   Buckley, Lauren B ^d   Gruner, Daniel S ^e   Keitt, Tim H ^f   Kellner, James R ^g   Kominoski, John S ^h   Rocha, Adrian V ⁱ   Xiao, Jingfeng ^j   Harms, Tamara K ^k   Goring, Simon J ^l   Koenig, Lauren E ^j   McDowell, William H ^j   Powell, Heather ^l   Richardson, Andrew D ^m   Stow, Craig A ⁿ   Vargas, Rodrigo ^o   Weathers, Kathleen C ^p  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^l NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK   (United States)

^m HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^p CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MACROECOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84894236042     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/130017     Document Type: Article

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