TY - JOUR
AU - Frye, Robert J.
AB - Letters Dr. Roy Walford (2002) has suggested vation, and the integration of verified that Biosphere 2 should be considered a hypotheses into a theoretical whole. It serendipitous voyage of discovery, one requires the continual feedback between that is within the stream of the “integra- both the analytical and integrative as- tive culture” of ecology. I would like to ad- pects to move forward. dress the dualism implied in Walford’s es- say and elsewhere by others who have References cited written about this subject (Hollings 1998, Bauman M. 2000. On nature, models, and sim- Saner 1999, Bauman 2000). plicity. Conservation Ecology 4: 4. (25 February This dualism is nonexistent. There are 2002; www.consecol.org/vol4/iss2/resp4) not two separate cultures of biological Hollings CS. 1998. Two cultures of ecology. ecology—the integrative and the analyt- Conservation Ecology 2: 4. (25 February 2002; ical—that require integration. Most ecol- www.consecol.org/vol2/iss2/art4) ogists I know work both on an analytical Saner MA. 1999. Two cultures: Not unique to ecol- level where necessary and possible and on ogy. Conservation Ecology 3: 2. (25 February an integrative level where necessary and 2002; www.consecol.org/vol3/iss1/resp2) possible. This is true of most scientific en- Walford RL. 2002. Biosphere 2 as voyage of dis- 
TI - Serendipity, Science, and Biosphere 2: A Response to Walford
JF - BioScience
DO - 10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0396:SSABAR]2.0.CO;2
DA - 2002-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/serendipity-science-and-biosphere-2-a-response-to-walford-YB5dfC7eyQ
SP - 396
EP - 396
VL - 52
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -