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Animal Ecology
Sidgwick and Jackson
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Charles Elton's 1927 textbook setting out the basic principles of modern animal ecology, including the food chain, the food cycle, the pyramid of numbers and the functional definition of the ecological niche.
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AuthorCharles Elton
PublisherSidgwick and Jackson
Publication Year1927
Source Typebook
Reliability Tier1
The primary published text that framed the basic principles of animal ecology, the field's own foundational source. Sources
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