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Elton's pyramid of numbers.
Charles Elton (1900-1991), a British ecologist who was among the first to use a scientific method to study animals in their natural habitats and their interrelationships with their surroundings. Elton is considered one of the founders of ecology, and his work, Animal Ecology (1927), was one of the seminal works that defined the field. In Animal Ecology, Elton introduced and described many principles still central to ecology today, including succession, niches, food webs, and the links between communities and ecosystems. The roots of ecological energetics can be found in his 'pyramid of numbers', a method of representing the structure of an ecosystem in terms of feeding relationships.
Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Tom Lawrence (Topic Editor) "Elton, Charles". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth August 3, 2010; Last revised Date August 3, 2010; Retrieved May 24, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Elton,_Charles>
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The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)
Elton's pyramid of numbers.
Charles Elton (1900-1991), a British ecologist who was among the first to use a scientific method to study animals in their natural habitats and their interrelationships with their surroundings. Elton is considered one of the founders of ecology, and his work, Animal Ecology (1927), was one of the seminal works that defined the field. In Animal Ecology, Elton introduced and described many principles still central to ecology today, including succession, niches, food webs, and the links between communities and ecosystems. The roots of ecological energetics can be found in his 'pyramid of numbers', a method of representing the structure of an ecosystem in terms of feeding relationships.
Elton's pyramid of numbers.
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