… James Brown 'describes.'”28 In the context of this book, however, one should perhaps add
that James Brown … in a position to understand the world James Brown brought with him. As I …

… the idea of “Brown” referring to James Brown the musician. … James Brown” thus builds not
only on the music game show format, but also appropriates the teacher's question about “Brown…

Metabolism provides a basis for using first principles of physics, chemistry, and biology to
link the biology of individual organisms to the ecology of populations, communities, and …

We derive a general model, based on principles of biochemical kinetics and allometry, that
characterizes the effects of temperature and body mass on metabolic rate. The model fits …

In Macroecology, 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. …

Body size and temperature are the two most important variables affecting nearly all
biological rates and times 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 . The relationship of size and temperature to …

Allometric scaling relations, including the 3/4 power law for metabolic rates, are characteristic
of all organisms and are here derived from a general model that describes how essential …

To the Editor—One limitation of microbial community marker-gene sequencing is that it
does not provide information about the functional composition of sampled communities. …

Demographic and genetic contributions from conspecific immigrants tend to reduce extinction
rates of insular populations. The MacArthur—Wilson model of island biogeography is …

We review the biogeography of microorganisms in light of the biogeography of macroorganisms.
A large body of research supports the idea that free-living microbial taxa exhibit …