BioConcepts

macroecologyMakroökologie (ger.)

• The subfield of ecology that is concerned with ecological phenomena, especially the abundance and distribution of species, at large spatial and temporal scales.

  1957

  Until the microecology of the nest is known and correlated with the macroecology and life cycle of the fleas concerned, the relationship between temperature, humidity and population index cannot be well understood.    

  Howell, F.J. (1957). Fleas associated with nests of the desert wood rat. The Journal of Parasitology 43, 566-573: 570.

  1966

  Microbes in Macroecology[:] In this chapter we consider the relationships of microorganisms to the world at large 

  Brock, T.D. (1966). Principles of Microbial Ecology: 220.    

  1989

  Macroecology: the division of food and space among species on continents    

  Brown, J.H. & Maurer, B.A. (1989). Macroecology: the division of food and space among species on continents. Science 243, 1145-1150.    

  2000

  Macroecology is concerned with understanding the abundance and distribution of species at large spatial and temporal scales    

  Blackburn, T.M. & Gaston, K.J. (2000). Pattern and Process in Macroecology: 15-6.