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EARNST HAECKEL
animal ecologist
father of ecology
VICTOR E. SHELFORD
community succession
G. EVELYN HUTCHINSON
father of modern limnology
polymath at Yale
n-dimensional niche
born in the UK, studied in
Cambridge
CHARLES E. ELTON
population ecology
invasive species (introduced
species that cause damage to
native species)
Eltonian Pyramid of Biomass
EUGENE P. ODUM
father of modern ecology
studied under Shelford (U. of
Illinois)
wrote first college-level
textbook on ecology
established Inst. of Ecology
in U. of Georgia
ecosystem energy flow
the ecosystem is greater
than the sum of its parts
euryhaline plants
(tolerates changes in
salinity)
detritus (all organic
matter undergoing
decomposition)
DAVID SCHINDLER
believed that if nutrients are
increased, water quality
deteriorates
proven with lake 226
(cyanobacterial bloom in
northern basin)
CHARLES DARW IN
wrote The Origin of Species
first studied medicine at
Edinburgh and then Theology
at Cambridge
THEODOSIUS DOBZHANSKY
evolutionary biologist
Russian Christian Orthodox
Nothing in biology makes
sense except in the light of
evolution.
ARISTOTLE
viewed species as fixed and
arranged them on a scala
naturae
Scala Naturae and
Classification of Species
o
JAMES HUTTON
changes in earths surface can
result from slow, continuous
actions still operating today
CAROLUS LINNAEUS
interpreted adaptations of
species as evidence that the
Creator has designed each
species for a purpose
founder of taxonomy
binomial format for naming
(Linnaean system of
classification)
CHARLES LYELL
uniformitarianism
mechanisms of change are
constant over time
strongly influenced Darwin
JEAN-BAPTISTE PIERRE
ANTOINE de MONET
CHEVALIER de LAMARCK
species evolve through
1)
2)
RICHARD BAILEY
photographed pigeons that
played an important role in
Darwins work
JOHN GOULD
ornithologist
identified Darwins birds
MAURICE W ILKINS
won the Nobel Prize with the
2 posers above (not the Grant
couple coz theyre kewl) in
1962
JAMES W ATSON
the douchebag whos about to
sell his Nobel medal to buy a
painting
wrote The Double Helix
(which he will also sell btw wth)
EMILE FRISON
Belgian plant geneticist of
International Network for the
Improvement of Banana and
Plantain (INIBAP)
overcome concerns about
genetically modified bananas
FRANCIS CRICK
discovered the DNA
structure with Watson (we all
know Rosalind Franklin did so
nope)
ELIZABETH A. GILBERT
wrote the biography of Geerat Vermeij
SUSAN MIDDLETON
takes pictures of endangered animals (e.g. gold-banded hermit)