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The Macroecological Perspective

Theories, Models and Methods

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Authors:
  1. José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

    1. Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências BIológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiania, Brazil

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  • A holistic and definitive text on macroecology

  • Offers discussions of theory as well as applied macroecology

  • Synthesizes the literature on macroecology and offers ways forward

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Macroecological Perspective

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 1-13

  3. A Scientific Reasoning for Macroecology

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 15-77

  4. Macroecological Data

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 79-123

  5. Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 125-166

  6. The Macroecological Understanding of Ecological Niches

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 167-201

  7. Species Richness Gradients

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 203-249

  8. Diversity Patterns in Macroecological Assemblages

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 251-291

  9. Patterns in Body Size

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 293-338

  10. From Theoretical to Applied Macroecology

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 339-386

  11. Concluding Remarks

    • José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
    Pages 387-393

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 395-449
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About this book

This comprehensive volume discusses the patterns and processes analyzed in macroecology with a distinct look at the theoretical and methodological issues underlying the discipline as well as deeper epistemological matters. The book serves as a synthesis of macroecological literature that has been published since Brown and Maurer proposed and defined the term “macroecology” in 1989. Author José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho draws from the different disciplines and branches (ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology, behavioral sciences, climatology, and paleontology) that make up macroecology to present a full, holistic picture of where the discipline stands.

Through ten chapters, Diniz-Filho moves from a discussion of what macroecology actually is to macroecological modeling to the more applied side of the discipline, covering topics such as richness and diversity patterns and patterns in body size. The book concludes with a synthesis of how macroecological research is done in a theoretical and operational sense as well as unifying explanations for each of the macroecological patterns discussed, moving on to evaluate which theories and models are still useful and which ones can be abandoned. The book is intended for academics, young researchers and students interested in macroecology and conservation biogeography. In addition, because of the integrative nature of macroecology and the theoretical and methodological background in the book, it can be of interest to researchers working in related fields including but not limited to ecology and evolutionary biology.


Authors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Ciências BIológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiania, Brazil

    José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

About the author

Dr. José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho serves as a professor in the Departamento de Ecologia at Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Macroecological Perspective

  • Book Subtitle: Theories, Models and Methods

  • Authors: José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44611-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44610-8Published: 28 November 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44613-9Due: 12 December 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-44611-5Published: 27 November 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 449

  • Number of Illustrations: 89 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ecology, Biodiversity, Community & Population Ecology, Biogeosciences

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