Laws in ecology: diverse modes of explanation for a holistic science?

Ecology’s reputation as a holistic and soft science is partly due to widespread misconceptions of its nature as well as shortcomings in its methodology. We show how the pursuit of empirical laws of ecology can foster the emergence of a more unified and predictive ecology based on complementary modes...

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Main Authors: Gunton, Richard, Gilbert, Francis
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41074/