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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Macrophysiology: A conceptual reunification
American Naturalist, Volume 174, No. 5, Year 2009
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Widespread recognition of the importance of biological studies at large spatial and temporal scales, particularly in the face of many of the most pressing issues facing humanity, has fueled the argument that there is a need to reinvigorate such studies in physiological ecology through the establishment of a macrophysiology. Following a period when the fields of ecology and physiological ecology had been regarded as largely synonymous, studies of this kind were relatively commonplace in the first half of the twentieth century. However, such large-scale work subsequently became rather scarce as physiological studies concentrated on the biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying the capacities and tolerances of species. In some sense, macrophysiology is thus an attempt at a conceptual reunification. In this article, we provide a conceptual framework for the continued development of macrophysiology. We subdivide this framework into three major components: the establishment of macrophysiological patterns, determining the form of those patterns (the very general ways in which they are shaped), and understanding the mechanisms that give rise to them. We suggest ways in which each of these components could be developed usefully. © 2009 by The University of Chicago.
Authors & Co-Authors
Gaston, Kevin J.
United Kingdom, Sheffield
The University of Sheffield
Chown, Steven L.
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Calosi, Piero
United Kingdom, Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Bernardo, Joseph
United States, Ithaca
Cornell University
United States, Roan Mountain
Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Institute
Bilton, David T.
United Kingdom, Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Clarke, Andrew
United Kingdom, Cambridge
British Antarctic Survey
Clusella-Trullas, Susana
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Ghalambor, Cameron K.
United States, Fort Collins
Colorado State University
Konarzewski, Marek
Poland, Bialystok
Uniwersytet w Bialymstoku
Peck, Lloyd Samuel
United Kingdom, Cambridge
British Antarctic Survey
Porter, Warren P.
United States, Madison
University of Wisconsin-madison
Pörtner, Hans-O.
Germany, Bremerhaven
Alfred-wegener-institut Helmholtz-zentrum Für Polar- Und Meeresforschung
Rezende, Enrico L.
Spain, Cerdanyola Del Valles
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Schulte, Patricia M.
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Spicer, John I.
United Kingdom, Plymouth
University of Plymouth
Stillman, Jonathon H.
United States, San Francisco
San Francisco State University
Terblanche, John S.
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
van Kleunen, Mark
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Statistics
Citations: 307
Authors: 18
Affiliations: 14
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/605982
ISSN:
00030147