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Fundamentals of Ecology

W. B. Saunders Company

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Eugene Odum's 1953 textbook, written with his brother Howard T. Odum, that treated the ecosystem as the basic unit of nature and dominated the training of American ecologists for a generation.

Facts
Author
Eugene P. Odum
Publisher
W. B. Saunders Company
Publication Year
1953
Source Type
book
Reliability Tier
1
The primary published text that popularized the ecosystem concept and shaped ecosystem ecology as a discipline, the field's own foundational source.
Sources
Fundamentals of Ecology
Eugene P. Odum, W. B. Saunders Company, 1953
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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

Well-attested

9

Holds

1

Scientists

Connected

1

General References

2

Scientists

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