Allan D. McDevitt Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who studied the spread of the greater white-toothed shrew in Ireland and its relationship to changes in the distribution of a native shrew.[ref]
Invading and expanding: range dynamics and ecological consequences of the greater white-toothed shrew (Crocidura russula) invasion in Ireland by Allan D. McDevitt and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Andy Hector Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who coauthored a method for separating Selection effect in biodiversity experiments from complementarity effects.[ref]
Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments by Michel Loreau and Andy Hector. Authorship and research contribution
Brendan Choat Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who studied vulnerability of forest xylem to drought, connecting hydraulic function to environmental stress.[ref]
Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought by Brendan Choat and others. Authorship and research contribution
Chas A. Holt Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated how deer browsing changes habitat suitability for breeding common nightingales, using paired exclusion and browsed plots.[ref]
Experimental evidence that deer browsing reduces habitat suitability for breeding Common Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos by Chas A. Holt and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
C. S. Holling Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated the dependence of predation on prey abundance, using search and handling arguments to explain a saturating functional response.[ref]
Some Characteristics of Simple Types of Predation and Parasitism by C. S. Holling. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Daniel M. Tompkins Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated disease associated with red squirrel declines, comparing experimental susceptibility in red and grey squirrels.[ref]
Parapoxvirus causes a deleterious disease in red squirrels associated with UK population declines by Daniel M. Tompkins and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
David Tilman Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem stability through long-term grassland experiments.[ref]
Biodiversity and ecosystem stability in a decade-long grassland experiment by David Tilman and others. Authorship and research contribution
Digger B. Jackson Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who tested effects of introduced hedgehog removal on breeding waders, comparing nest success in removal and control plots.[ref]
Experimental removal of introduced hedgehogs improves wader nest success in the Western Isles, Scotland by Digger B. Jackson. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Ecologist 2026-10-18
Emma Sheehy Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who studied changes in grey squirrel distribution associated with recovery of the native pine marten in Ireland.[ref]
Population crash in an invasive species following the recovery of a native predator: the case of the American grey squirrel and the European pine marten in Ireland by Emma Sheehy and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Felisa Smith Created 2026-10-24 Updated 2026-11-05
Ian J. Wright Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who studied coordinated variation in leaf structure and function, contributing to the leaf economics spectrum.[ref]
The worldwide leaf economics spectrum by Ian J. Wright and others. Authorship and research contribution
L. M. Gosling Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated species eradication, comparing the campaigns against introduced muskrats and coypus in Britain.[ref]
The eradication of muskrats and coypus from Britain by L. M. Gosling and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Michel Loreau Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated how biodiversity changes ecosystem function, including a quantitative partition into selection and complementarity components.[ref]
Partitioning selection and complementarity in biodiversity experiments by Michel Loreau and Andy Hector. Authorship and research contribution
Mingkai Jiang Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated the fate of additional carbon taken up by a mature forest during free-air carbon dioxide enrichment, separating uptake from net storage.[ref]
The fate of carbon in a mature forest under carbon dioxide enrichment by Mingkai Jiang and others. Authorship and research contribution
Richard A. Betts Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated how changes in surface albedo can offset some climatic effects of boreal forest carbon storage.[ref]
Offset of the potential carbon sink from boreal forestation by decreases in surface albedo by Richard A. Betts. Authorship and research contribution
Richard J. Norby Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who studied how limited nitrogen availability constrains the response of forest productivity to increased carbon dioxide.[ref]
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford 2026-10-31
An ecologist whose work connected the logistic map and other simple mathematical models to population dynamics.[ref]
Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics by Robert M. May. 1976 review of simple population models and their complicated dynamics
Robert M. May lecturing at Harvard in 2009
. Photograph by NBeale, cropped by Ravenpuff. CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Source. Rosalind Bryce Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who investigated coordinated monitoring and control of invasive American mink, linking management at landscape scale to biological invasion.[ref]
Turning back the tide of American mink invasion at an unprecedented scale through community participation and adaptive management by Rosalind Bryce and others. Author roster and experimental or comparative findings
Sandra Díaz Created 2026-10-20 Updated 2026-11-05
An ecologist who studied global patterns of plant functional traits, connecting structural differences to functional strategies.[ref]
The global spectrum of plant form and function by Sandra Díaz and others. Authorship and research contribution
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