TY - JOUR
AU - Paine, R. T.
AB - Ecology, 65(5), 1984, pp. 1339-1348 © 1984 by the Ecological Society of America ECOLOGICAL DETERMINISM IN THE COMPETITION FOR SPACE The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture Presented on 9 August 1983 Grand Forks, North Dakota by R. T. PAINE Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 USA R. T. Paine MacArthur Award Recipient I will ask whether such a strong indictment is reason­ Ladies and gentlemen, fellow ecologists. It is appro­ able for certain marine systems. To some extent, I will priate that we recognize the role played by Robert be relying heavily on observation. MacArthur contin­ MacArthur in the conceptual evolution of ecology, and ually urged ecologists to draw their inspiration from I am truly moved by the opportunity to participate. It naturally occurring patterns and to use their naturalist's has not been an easy task to determine the tone and intuition. I have followed this advice in pursuing my focus of my lecture. I am obviously not the person to interests in the occurrence and relative importance of evaluate MacArthur's many enduring contributions to interspecific competition between organisms resident an impressive variety of ecological subjects. That task on marine rocky shores. I will deal specifically 
TI - Ecological Determinism in the Competition for Space: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture
JF - Ecology
DO - 10.2307/1939114
DA - 1984-10-01
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SP - 1339
EP - 1348
VL - 65
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -