Laws, Theories, and Patterns in Ecology

摘要: Physics and chemistry are distinguished from biology by the way generalizations codified into theories tested observation experimentation. Some have been sufficiently to qualify as laws. In ecology, worthy of being called less common because observations experimentation difficult exceptions more common. this book, Walter K. Dodds enumerates in ecology. Introductory material describes how practice science, general, ecology specifically, yields also discusses why such ideas only useful if they predictive ability, delineates scope these constraints that limit their application. The result is a short book delves deeply important ecological predict provide understanding.