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Article: THE GENERALITY OF FIELD EXPERIMENTS: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN LOCAL AND BROAD-SCALE PROCESSES.
- Article from:
- Ecology
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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SIMON F. THRUSH [1,3]
JUDI E. HEWITT [1]
VONDA J. CUMMINGS [1]
MALCOLM O. GREEN [1]
GREIG A. FUNNELL [1]
MICHELLE R. WILKINSON [2]
Abstract. Linking the results of localized field experiments to generalities about the role of specific processes is essential in ecology. Comparative studies conducted at multiple locations enable the general importance of processes to be assessed. However, spatial or temporal variation in the strength of local ecological relationships frequently makes it difficult to draw general conclusions, as increasing the extent of a study is likely to increase the physical and biological ...