The 2014 Ramon Margalef Prize to David Tilman: An innate curiosity about nature Authors Marta Estrada Institut de Ciències del Mar Keywords: stochastic niche theory, sustainability, 2014 Ramon Margalef Prize Abstract Since his first studies on the ecological relationships among planktonic fresh water organisms, the contribution of Prof. David Tilman to the understanding of ecology has been enormous. His ideas on competition for resources and the importance of space in population dynamics and interspecific interactions, gave birth to a new stochastic niche theory that modified classical niche theory and better described the actual functioning of nature. [Contrib Sci 11:7-9 (2015)]Keywords: stochastic niche theory · sustainability · 2014 Ramon Margalef Prize Author Biography Marta Estrada, Institut de Ciències del Mar Downloads PDF Issue Vol. 11 No. 1 (2015) Section Distinguished lectures License This work is subject, unless the contrary is indicated in the text, the photographs or in other illustrations, to an Attribution —Non-Commercial— No Derivative Works 3.0 Creative Commons License, the full text of which can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. You are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work provided that the author is credited and reuse of the material is restricted to non-commercial purposes only and that no derivative works are created from the original material.
