Rules of thumb for judging ecological theories

Model selection in ecology and evolution

Jerald B. Johnson, Kristian Shawn Omland · Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2003 · 3.8K citations

Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolutionary Biology +12

Complex Population Dynamics: A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis

Marcel Holyoak · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 2003 · 1K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Demography +14

Specialist Predators, Generalist Predators, and the Microtine Rodent Cycle

Ilkka Hanski, Lennart Hansson, Heikki Henttonen · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1991 · 814 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Zoology +15

How to Tell When Simpler, More Unified, or Less<i>Ad Hoc</i>Theories will Provide More Accurate Predictions

Elliott Sober · The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · 1994 · 655 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Bayesian Data Analysis +12

Complex Dynamics in Ecological Time Series

Peter Turchin, Andrew Taylor · Ecology · 1992 · 612 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Ecology +10