Biogeography and ecology: two views of one world
DG Jenkins, RE Ricklefs - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Both biogeography and ecology seek to understand the processes that determine patterns
in nature, but do so at different spatial and temporal scales. The two disciplines were not
always so different, and are recently converging again at regional spatial scales and broad
temporal scales. In order to avoid confusion and to hasten progress at the converging
margins of each discipline, the following papers were presented at a symposium in the
International Biogeography Society's 2011 meeting, and are now published in this issue of …
in nature, but do so at different spatial and temporal scales. The two disciplines were not
always so different, and are recently converging again at regional spatial scales and broad
temporal scales. In order to avoid confusion and to hasten progress at the converging
margins of each discipline, the following papers were presented at a symposium in the
International Biogeography Society's 2011 meeting, and are now published in this issue of …
