Representing the Dimensions of an Ecological Niche
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Niche theory has driven a century of ecological investigations and has been the starting point for the few studies in existence of ecological ontology. This study investigates how scientists conceptualize niche theory, and uses that information to develop a high level ontological framework. That framework includes process, theory, entities, experiments, space, and time. These components are linked in different ways by different disciplinary perspectives, and the context of space and time differs depending on that linkage. Examples are provided to illustrate the representational issues involved.
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