The field was started in the 1960s by the ecologists Robert MacArthur and E.O. Wilson, who coined the term theory of island biogeography, as this theory attempted to predict the number of species that would exist on a newly created island.
The field was started in the 1960s by the ecologists Robert MacArthur and E.O. Wilson. The ecologists Robert MacArthur and E.O. Wilson coined the term theory of island biogeography. This theory attempted to predict the number of species. These species would exist on a newly created island.