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. 2018 May;33(5):304-305.
doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.11.010. Epub 2017 Dec 21.

Mechanisms Are Causes, Not Components: A Response to Connolly et al

Brian J McGill  1 , Angela Potochnik  2
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Mechanisms Are Causes, Not Components: A Response to Connolly et al

Brian J McGill et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2018 May.
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Keywords: causality; mechanism; models; philosophy of ecology.

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  • Process, Mechanism, and Modeling in Macroecology.
    Connolly SR, Keith SA, Colwell RK, Rahbek C. Connolly SR, et al. Trends Ecol Evol. 2017 Nov;32(11):835-844. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.08.011. Epub 2017 Sep 14. Trends Ecol Evol. 2017. PMID: 28919203 Review.

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