WHOS DAT LOLO?
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
HENRY C. COWLES succession in dunes (Lake
Michigan)
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
HOWARD T. ODUM
first complete analysis of natural ecosystem
silver spring model salt marsh-estuaries
ecosystem o euryhaline plants
(tolerates changes in salinity)
o detritus (all organic matter undergoing decomposition)
DAVID SCHINDLER
believed that if nutrients are increased, water quality deteriorates
o proven with lake 226 (cyanobacterial bloom in northern basin)
GEERAT J. VERMEIJ
HS valedictorian, studied at Princeton, PhD at Yale
top malacologist; well-published
editor/ associate editor of Science, Evolution, and Paleobiology
evolutionary arms race suffered from unusual
childhood glaucoma sees gastropod molluscs with
his hands
DR. MICHAEL L. CAIN
AB Biology and math summa cum laude
wrote Evolution part in Campbell
CHARLES DARWIN
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 Great Chain of Being
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)
JEAN LOPOLD NICOLAS
FRDRIC CUVIER paleontology (study of fossils) catastrophism
JAMES HUTTON
changes in earths surface can result from slow, continuous actions still operating today
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) use and disuse of body parts
2) inheritance of acquired characteristics
CAPTAIN ROBERT FITZROY Darwins companion (HMS
Beagle) seaworthy; first to score 10%
in the Royal Navy exam
EMMA WEDGEWOOD
wife of Darwin
JOHN GOULD ornithologist identified Darwins birds
ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE sent a manuscript to Darwin naturalist who had the same
idea as Darwin (individuals with favorable traits are more likely to survive)
RICHARD BAILEY photographed pigeons that
played an important role in Darwins work
THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS potential for human
population to increase than food supplies and other resources
DR. PETER and ROSEMARY
GRANT went to Daphne Major to
extract blood from finches for DNA analysis
witnessed evolution firsthand
JAMES WATSON
the douchebag whos about to sell his Nobel medal to buy a painting
wrote The Double Helix (which he will also sell btw wth)
FRANCIS CRICK
discovered the DNA structure with Watson (we all know Rosalind Franklin did so nope)
MAURICE WILKINS
won the Nobel Prize with the 2 posers above (not the Grant couple coz theyre kewl) in 1962
EMILE FRISON
Belgian plant geneticist of International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain (INIBAP)
overcome concerns about genetically modified bananas
EDWARD O. WILSON
Lord of the Ants distinguished professor in
Harvard University joined Harvard in 1956 with
James D. Watson memoir The Naturalist proposed the concept of
The Hundred Hearbeats Club
ELIZABETH A. GILBERT
wrote the biography of Geerat Vermeij
REMEDIOS ROMBAOA RODEROS graduated from the University of Birmingham studies gingers one of the spice girls
SUSAN MIDDLETON
takes pictures of endangered animals (e.g. gold-banded hermit)
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