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Macroecology

Macroecology is a subfield of ecology and biogeography that investigates broad-scale spatial, temporal and taxonomic patterns in the abundance, distribution and diversity of organisms, seeking general statistical relationships and underlying mechanistic processes that generate emergent ecological structures across regions and the globe.

20.5K

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1.1M

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44.2K

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6K

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2.9K

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Publications

20.5K

The Theory of Island Biogeography

M. J. Kirkby, Robert H. MacArthur, Edmund O. Wilson · Geographical Journal · 1968 · 11.7K citations

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Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World: A New Map of Life on Earth

David M. Olson, Eric Dinerstein, Eric Wikramanayake et al. · BioScience · 2001 · 8.4K citations · Full text

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The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography

Stephen P. Hubbell · Ecology · 2002 · 5.7K citations

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Ecologically meaningful transformations for ordination of species data

Pierre Legendre, Eugene D. Gallagher · Oecologia · 2001 · 5.4K citations · Full text

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Estimating terrestrial biodiversity through extrapolation

Robert K. Colwell, Jonathan A. Coddington · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1994 · 4.6K citations

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Authors

44.2K

  1. KJ
    Kevin J. Gaston

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    51 publications · 9.5K citations

    42

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  2. TM
    Tim M. Blackburn

    Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom

    36 publications · 6.7K citations

    31

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  3. SL
    Steven L. Chown

    Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    41 publications · 3.4K citations

    31

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  4. PC
    Peter Convey

    British Antarctic Survey, United Kingdom

    39 publications · 2.4K citations

    28

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  5. EB
    Enric Ballesteros

    Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Spain

    36 publications · 2.8K citations

    27

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Institutions

6K

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    93 h-index

    1.8K publications

    113.2K citations

  2. British Antarctic Survey

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    66 h-index

    530 publications

    34.4K citations

  3. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    56 h-index

    466 publications

    21.1K citations

  4. Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    56 h-index

    351 publications

    18.4K citations

  5. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    55 h-index

    170 publications

    20.1K citations

  6. Natural Environment Research Council

    Swindon, United Kingdom

    55 h-index

    273 publications

    19.6K citations

  7. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    53 h-index

    287 publications

    16.4K citations

  8. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

    Bremerhaven, Germany

    53 h-index

    292 publications

    16.4K citations

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Venues

  1. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 535 publications · 33.4K citations

    92

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  2. Ecology

    236 publications · 39.9K citations

    89

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  3. Journal of Biogeography

    353 publications · 27.7K citations

    80

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  4. Global Ecology and Biogeography

    192 publications · 17.7K citations

    73

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  5. Oecologia

    180 publications · 19.3K citations

    68

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