Is natural history really dead?: Toward the rebirth of natural history

In recent years natural history has been derided by some scientists as an old-fashion endeavor that does not follow the model of "hard" science and therefore should be considered "dead" and replaced by modern ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation biology. We contend tha...

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Autores principales: WILLSON,MARY F, ARMESTO,JUAN J
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Publicado: Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2006
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spelling oai:scielo:S0716-078X20060002000132006-07-24Is natural history really dead?: Toward the rebirth of natural historyWILLSON,MARY FARMESTO,JUAN J ecology naturalists biologists basic science In recent years natural history has been derided by some scientists as an old-fashion endeavor that does not follow the model of "hard" science and therefore should be considered "dead" and replaced by modern ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation biology. We contend that natural history has much to offer to contemporary scientists and that it has a primary role in the creative process of generating novel hypotheses and designing significant field experiments and observationsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.79 n.2 20062006-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2006000200013en10.4067/S0716-078X2006000200013
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biologists
basic science
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naturalists
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basic science
WILLSON,MARY F
ARMESTO,JUAN J
Is natural history really dead?: Toward the rebirth of natural history
description In recent years natural history has been derided by some scientists as an old-fashion endeavor that does not follow the model of "hard" science and therefore should be considered "dead" and replaced by modern ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation biology. We contend that natural history has much to offer to contemporary scientists and that it has a primary role in the creative process of generating novel hypotheses and designing significant field experiments and observations
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title Is natural history really dead?: Toward the rebirth of natural history
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