On the importance of first principles in ecological theory development

Pablo A. Marquet, Andrew P. Allen, James H. Brown, Jennifer A. Dunne, Brian J. Enquist, James F. Gillooly, Patricia A. Gowaty, John Harte, Steve P. Hubbell, Jordan G. Okie, Annette Ostling, Mark Ritchie, David Storch, Geoffrey B. West