Eric R. Pianka's Citation Classics
Pianka's Citation Classics

MacArthur, R. H. and E. R. Pianka. 1966. On optimal use of a patchy environment. American Naturalist 100: 603-609. Selected as "This Week's Citation Classic" in Current Contents (Social and Behavioral Sciences) (1988), volume 20 (number 31): page 16, in Current Contents (Arts & Humanities) (1988), volume 10 (number 31): page 16, and in Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences) (1988), volume 19 (number 31): page 16.) (Reprinted in 1991 in L. A. Real and J. H. Brown (eds.) Foundations of Ecology. Classic Papers with Commentaries. Univ. Chicago Press.) Download pdf

Pianka, E. R. 1970. On r and K selection. American Naturalist 104: 592-597. (Reprinted in 1978 in T. H. Clutton-Brock and P. H. Harvey (eds.) Readings in Sociobiology. Freeman. Selected as "This Week's Citation Classic" in Current Contents (1979), volume 10 (number 47): page 10.) Download pdf

Pianka, E. R. 1973. The structure of lizard communities. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 4: 53-74. Selected as "This Week's Citation Classic" in Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences) (1988), volume 19 (number 35): page 18.) Download pdf

Pianka, E. R. 1974. Evolutionary Ecology. First Edition. Harper and Row, New York. 356 pp. Selected as "This Week's Citation Classic" in Current Contents (Social and Behavioral Sciences) (1988), vol. 20 (no. 25): page 20, in Current Contents (Arts & Humanities) (1988), vol. 10 (no. 25): page 20, and Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences) (1988), vol. 19 (no. 25): page 20.) Read on line. Buy from Google Download pdf of Book Review.



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