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The explanatory power of biogeographical patterns: a reply to de Bruyn et al
Author(s) -
Parenti Lynne R.,
Ebach Malte C.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of biogeography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 158
eISSN - 1365-2699
pISSN - 0305-0270
DOI - 10.1111/jbi.12205
Subject(s) - biogeography , confusion , epistemology , geography , ecology , sociology , biology , philosophy , psychology , psychoanalysis
Abstract Confusion between evidence and hypothesis in biogeographical studies was the focus of our recent Guest Editorial (Parenti & Ebach, 2013, Journal of Biogeography , 40 , 813–820). That editorial was critiqued by de Bruyn et al . (2013, Journal of Biogeography , doi: 10.1111/jbi.12166) to whom we reply briefly here. Despite our shared goals – to understand what lives where and why – we argue from different philosophical premises. Although we may have little common ground, such debate encourages the good health of the field of biogeography.