Laws, Theories, and Patterns in Ecology

by Walter Dodds

Physics and chemistry are distinguished from biology by the way generalizations are codified into theories tested by observation and experimentation. Some theories have been sufficiently tested to qualify as laws. In ecology, generalizations worthy of being called theories are less common because observations and experimentation are difficult and exceptions are more common. In this book, Walter K. Dodds enumerates generalizations in ecology. Introductory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520260414
• ISBN13: 9780520260412
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"