general_theory_macroecology_besmacroeco.pdf (7.94 MB)
Evaluating a general theory of macroecology
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posted on 2013-09-18, 10:14 authored by Ethan P. WhiteEthan P. WhiteSlides for my talk describing our research evaluating John Harte and colleagues Maximum Entropy based models for macroecological patterns. Includes discussion of our approach to evaluating theory more generally. A great live tweet of the talk is also available in the links below.
The original version was presented at the University of British Columbia and Michigan State University in February 2013. The first revision was delivered as the keynote at the British Ecological Society's Macroecology meeting in July 2013.