History of Ecology and Ecologists

This page deals with the history of the discipline of ecology and its practitioners.  As it is a work in progress, you may want to occasionally check back to see which ecologists have been added to the biography section and what new books or journal articles have been added to the bibliographic section.

Annotated Bibliography

Biographies of well-known ecologists
 

1. Bray, John Roger (1920 - ) Quatitative Plant Ecologist

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2. Braun-Blanquet, Josias (1884 - 1980) Phytosociologist

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3. Clements, Frederick E. (1874 - 1945) Successional ecologist. Strong advocate of the "dynamic" school of ecology

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4. Cottam, Grant (1918 - ) Forest phytosociologist

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5. Cowles, Henry (1869 - 1939) Physiogeographic ecologist. Strong advocate of the "dynamic" school of ecology

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6. Curtis, John Thomas (1913 - 1961) Plant Ecologist

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7. Gleason, Henry Allen (1882-1975) Ecologist and strong advocate for the concept of "individualistic ecology"

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8. Whittaker (1920 - 1980) Community ecologist. Strong advocate of the gradient analysis school

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