Simon A. Levin
American ecologist
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contribution to patch dynamics
- In patch dynamics: History of patch dynamics
In the 1970s, American ecologist Simon A. Levin and American zoologist Robert T. Paine developed a mathematical theory to describe the pattern and dynamics of an intertidal community as a patch mosaic created and maintained by tidal disturbances. By the end of the following decade, patch dynamics had emerged as…
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