کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
143370 163203 2008 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Metabolic theory or metabolic models?
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک (عمومی)
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Metabolic theory or metabolic models?
چکیده انگلیسی

The metabolic theory of ecology (MTE) claims to derive ecological relationships from the structure of resource distribution networks, which is assumed to determine the scaling of metabolism with body mass, and from the effect of temperature on the rate of biological processes. MTE is controversial. I propose that some of the controversy stems from the implicit adoption of different views of science by the proponents and critics of MTE. The perspective of proponents is consistent with the theory-centric view of science called the received view, whereas many of the critics implicitly adopt an alternative view consistent with a model-centric view of science. I propose that adopting the model-centric view can help to settle some of the differences among proponents and critics of MTE.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 23, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 256–260
نویسندگان
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