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Reviewnpj biodiversity2026

Macroecological pluralism.

Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho

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Review in npj biodiversity, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho *Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. marcotpcoelho@gmail.com.
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho *Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil. diniz@ufg.com.

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico grant 409197/2024-6Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Goiás grant 201810267000023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Theory-based and model-based reasoning shape macroecology: one derives models from general principles, the other builds models around data. We argue these are not rival traditions but interacting positions along a continuum of formalization. This pluralism is macroecology's strength: by allowing theories and models to exchange roles as sources of constraint, synthesis and innovation, the field can confront the complexity of natural systems and generate explanations that are cumulative and predictive.

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PMID42237007
PMCPMC13627668

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