books.google.ca - InMacroecology, James H. Brown proposes a radical new research agenda designed to broaden the scope of ecology to encompass vast geographical areas and very long time spans. While much ecological research is narrowly focused and experimental, providing detailed information that cannot be used to generalize...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Macroecology.html?id=3Lrvb6GeYRsC&q=number+of+species&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareMacroecology
