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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.

Facts
Author
Charles Elton
Publisher
Sidgwick and Jackson
Publication Year
1927
Source Type
book
Reliability Tier
1
The primary published text that framed the basic principles of animal ecology, the field's own foundational source.
Sources
Animal Ecology
Charles Elton, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1927
Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)

This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 2 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Theories, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Concepts, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
  • Scientists, 2 claims: 1 holds, 1 general references.

Well-attested

10

Holds

1

Scientists

Connected

2

General References

3

Scientists

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