9780226076157-0226076156-Macroecology

Macroecology

ISBN-13: 9780226076157
ISBN-10: 0226076156
Edition: 1
Author: James H. Brown
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback 283 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780226076157
ISBN-10: 0226076156
Edition: 1
Author: James H. Brown
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback 283 pages

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Macroecology (ISBN-13: 9780226076157 and ISBN-10: 0226076156), written by authors James H. Brown, was published by University of Chicago Press in 1995. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Biology (Biological Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Macroecology (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Biology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.35.

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In Macroecology, James H. Brown proposes a radical new research agenda designed to broaden the scope of ecology to encompass vast geographical areas and very long time spans.

While much ecological research is narrowly focused and experimental, providing detailed information that cannot be used to generalize from one ecological community or time period to another, macroecology draws on data from many disciplines to create a less detailed but much broader picture with greater potential for generalization. Integrating data from ecology, systematics, evolutionary biology, paleobiology, and biogeography to investigate problems that could only be addressed on a much smaller scale by traditional approaches, macroecology provides a richer, more complete understanding of how patterns of life have moved across the earth over time. Brown also demonstrates the advantages of macroecology for conservation, showing how it allows scientists to look beyond endangered species and ecological communities to consider the long history and large geographic scale of human impacts.

An important reassessment of the direction of ecology by one of the most influential thinkers in the field, this work will shape future research in ecology and other disciplines.

"This approach may well mark a major new turn in the road in the history of ecology, and I find it extremely exciting. The scope of Macroecology is tremendous and the book makes use of its author's exceptionally broad experience and knowledge. An excellent and important book."—Lawrence R. Heaney, Center for Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, the Field Museum

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