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
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
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.
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- 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.
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