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'''Henry S. Horn''' is a natural historian and ecologist. He is an emeritus professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at [[Princeton University]]. He has worked on a wide variety of topics including the following:
'''Henry S. Horn''' (November 12, 1941 – March 14, 2019)<ref name="Obit">{{Cite web |url=https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/03/18/ecologist-henry-horn-founding-director-program-environmental-studies-dies-77 |title=Ecologist Henry Horn, founding director of Program in Environmental Studies, dies at 77 |website=Princeton University |language=en |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> was a natural historian and ecologist. He was an emeritus professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at [[Princeton University]]. He worked on a wide variety of topics including the following:
* the geometrical structure of forests<ref>{{cite journal |author=R.H. MacArthur, H.S. Horn |year=1969 |title=Foliage profiles by vertical measurements |journal=Ecology |volume=50 |pages=802–804 |jstor=1933693}}</ref>
* patterns of [[Ecological succession#Forest succession|forest succession]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=H.S.Horn |year=1975 |title=Forest Succession |journal=Scientific American |volume=232 |issue=5 |pages=90–98}}</ref>
* the geometrical structure of forests<ref>{{cite journal |last1= MacArthur|first1= R.H. |last2= Horn |first2= H.S. |author-link1= Robert MacArthur |year=1969 |title=Foliage profiles by vertical measurements |journal=Ecology |volume=50 |issue= 5 |pages=802–804 |jstor=1933693 |doi=10.2307/1933693}}</ref>
* [[wind dispersal]] of seeds<ref>{{cite journal |author=R. Nathan, G.G. Katul, H.S. Horn, S.M. Thomas, R. Orem, R. Avissar, S.W. Pacala, S.A. Levin |year=2002 |title=Mechanisms of long-distance dispersal of seeds by wind |journal= Nature |volume=418 |pages=409–413 |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v418/n6896/full/nature00844.html | doi=10.1038/nature00844 |issue=6896}}</ref>
* patterns of [[Ecological succession#Forest succession|forest succession]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=H.S.Horn |year=1975 |title=Forest Succession |journal=Scientific American |volume=232 |issue=5 |pages=90–98 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0575-90|bibcode=1975SciAm.232e..90H }}</ref>
* spatial patterns of [[competition]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=H.S. Horn, R.H. MacArthur |year=1972 |title=Competition among fugitive species in a harlequin environment |journal= Ecology |volume=53 |pages=749–752 |jstor=1934797}}</ref>
* [[wind dispersal]] of seeds<ref>{{cite journal |author1=R. Nathan |author2=G.G. Katul |author3=H.S. Horn |author4=S.M. Thomas |author5=R. Orem |author6=R. Avissar |author7=S.W. Pacala |author8=S.A. Levin |year=2002 |title=Mechanisms of long-distance dispersal of seeds by wind |journal= Nature |volume=418 |pages=409–413 | doi=10.1038/nature00844 |issue=6896|pmid=12140556 |bibcode=2002Natur.418..409N |s2cid=4318881 }}</ref>
* spatial patterns of [[competition]]<ref>{{cite journal |author1=H.S. Horn |author2=R.H. MacArthur |year=1972 |title=Competition among fugitive species in a harlequin environment |journal= Ecology |volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=749–752 |jstor=1934797 |doi=10.2307/1934797}}</ref>
* [[social behavior]] of butterflies
* [[social behavior]] of butterflies


==Education==
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He is also one of several scientists to have proposed the [[intermediate disturbance hypothesis]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Horn | first=H.S. | year=1975 | chapter=Markovian properties of forest succession | pages=196–211 | editor=Cody, M.L. and Diamond, J. M. | title=Ecology and evolution of communities | publisher=Belknap Press, Massachusetts, USA | isbn=0-674-22444-2 }}</ref>
He completed his [[Bachelor of Arts]] at [[Harvard University]] in 1962 and his [[Doctor of Philosophy]] at the [[University of Washington]] in 1966. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis about the adaptive nature of the social behavior of blackbirds.<ref name="Obit" />

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He was one of several scientists to have proposed the [[intermediate disturbance hypothesis]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Horn | first=H.S. | year=1975 | chapter=Markovian properties of forest succession | pages=[https://archive.org/details/ecologyevolution00gres/page/196 196–211] | editor=Cody, M.L. | editor2=Diamond, J. M. | title=Ecology and evolution of communities | publisher=Belknap Press, Massachusetts, USA | isbn=978-0-674-22444-5 | chapter-url-access=registration | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/ecologyevolution00gres | url=https://archive.org/details/ecologyevolution00gres/page/196 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Books==
==Books==
Horn, H.S. (1971) [http://books.google.com/books?id=Lo7dXOlsc3sC ''The Adaptive Geometry of Trees''] Princeton University Press.
Horn, H.S. (1971) [https://books.google.com/books?id=Lo7dXOlsc3sC ''The Adaptive Geometry of Trees''] Princeton University Press.


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.princeton.edu/eeb/people/display_person.xml?netid=hshorn&display=All Faculty Profile]
* [https://www.princeton.edu/eeb/people/display_person.xml?netid=hshorn&display=All Faculty Profile]
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Latest revision as of 17:03, 4 September 2022

Henry S. Horn (November 12, 1941 – March 14, 2019)[1] was a natural historian and ecologist. He was an emeritus professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Princeton University. He worked on a wide variety of topics including the following:

Education[edit]

He completed his Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University in 1962 and his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Washington in 1966. He wrote his Ph.D. thesis about the adaptive nature of the social behavior of blackbirds.[1]

He was one of several scientists to have proposed the intermediate disturbance hypothesis.[6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Ecologist Henry Horn, founding director of Program in Environmental Studies, dies at 77". Princeton University. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  2. ^ MacArthur, R.H.; Horn, H.S. (1969). "Foliage profiles by vertical measurements". Ecology. 50 (5): 802–804. doi:10.2307/1933693. JSTOR 1933693.
  3. ^ H.S.Horn (1975). "Forest Succession". Scientific American. 232 (5): 90–98. Bibcode:1975SciAm.232e..90H. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0575-90.
  4. ^ R. Nathan; G.G. Katul; H.S. Horn; S.M. Thomas; R. Orem; R. Avissar; S.W. Pacala; S.A. Levin (2002). "Mechanisms of long-distance dispersal of seeds by wind". Nature. 418 (6896): 409–413. Bibcode:2002Natur.418..409N. doi:10.1038/nature00844. PMID 12140556. S2CID 4318881.
  5. ^ H.S. Horn; R.H. MacArthur (1972). "Competition among fugitive species in a harlequin environment". Ecology. 53 (4): 749–752. doi:10.2307/1934797. JSTOR 1934797.
  6. ^ Horn, H.S. (1975). "Markovian properties of forest succession". In Cody, M.L.; Diamond, J. M. (eds.). Ecology and evolution of communities. Belknap Press, Massachusetts, USA. pp. 196–211. ISBN 978-0-674-22444-5.

Books[edit]

Horn, H.S. (1971) The Adaptive Geometry of Trees Princeton University Press.

External links[edit]

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