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Theoretical ecology refers to several intellectual traditions. The tradition pursued in universities and scientific journals under the rubric of theoretical
ecology addresses the equations and
probability distributions that govern the
demography and
biogeography of
species. Common topics of theoretical ecology include population dynamics and the
mathematics of
competition.
To a large extent theoretical ecology draws on the work of
G. Evelyn Hutchinson and his students. Brothers
H.T. Odum and
E.P. Odum are seen as the true founders of modern theoretical ecology (sometimes described as
ecosystem ecology).
Robert MacArthur brought theory to
community ecology.
Daniel Simberloff was the student of
E.O. Wilson, with whom MacArthur collaborated on
The Theory of Island Biogeography, a seminal work in the development of theoretical ecology. Simberloff went on to add rigour to experimental ecology and was one of the stalwarts in the
SLOSS Debate (whether it's preferable to protect a
Single
Large
or
Several
Small reserves) and forced supporters of
Jared Diamond's
community assembly rules to defend their ideas through
Neutral Model Analysis. Simberloff also played a key role in the (ongoing) debate on the utility of corridors for connecting isolated reserves (with
Reed Noss taking the lead on the opposing side).
MacArthur's students
Stephen Hubbell and
Michael Rosenzweig combined theoretical and practical elements into works that extended MacArthur and Wilson's Island Biogeography Theory - Hubbell with his
Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography and Rosenzweig with is
Species Diversity in Space and Time.
Other key theoretical ecologists include
Robert May, who has been described as being "one of the best minds in ecology",
Robert Rosen, author of "Life Itself",
G. David Tilman, and
Robert Ulanowicz, author of
Ecology: The Ascendant Perspective.
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