Robert H. MacArthur
Robert H. MacArthur ( Robert Helmer MacArthur ; born April 7, 1930 in Toronto , † November 1, 1972 ) was an American ecologist who has made significant contributions in the areas of community ecology , population ecology and theoretical biology . As a student of George Evelyn Hutchinson , he played an important role in developing theories of ecological niches . Together with Edward O. Wilson , he wrote The Theory of Island Biogeography (see Inselbiogeographie ), a work that had a significant influence on the field of biogeography , advanced the ecology of communities and ultimately led to the development of modern landscape ecology . The emphasis on statistical tests as a method within his work contributed to the development of ecology from a primarily ideographic to a nomothetic science, which gave important impulses to the development of theoretical ecology . In 1962 MacArthur was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1969 to the National Academy of Sciences .
Publications
- with Edward O. Wilson : An equilibrium theory of insular zoogeography. In: evolution. 17, 1963, pp. 373-387
- with Joseph H. Connell: The Biology of Populations. Wiley, 1966
- Populations Biology. BLV-Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich / Basel / Vienna 1970, ISBN 3-405-10883-7
- with Edward O. Wilson: The Theory of Island Biogeography. Princeton University Press, 1967
- Biogeography of the islands. Goldmann, Munich 1971, ISBN 3-442-55014-9
- Geographical Ecology. Harper and Row, 1972
literature
- Stephen D. Fretwell: The Impact of Robert MacArthur on Ecology. In: Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 6, 1975, pp. 1-13
- Edward O. Wilson & G. Evelyn Hutchinson : Robert Helmer MacArthur . In: National Academy of Sciences (Ed.): Biographical Memoirs. Volume 58. National Academies Press, 1989, ISBN 030903938X , pp. 318–327 ( PDF; 434 kB )
- ER Pianka & HS Horn: Ecology's Legacy from Robert MacArthur. In: K. Cuddington & B. Biesner (Eds.): Ecological Paradigms Lost: Routes of Theory Change. Elsevier Academic Press, 2005, pp. 213-232
- Ralf Klinger: The important biologists. In: Marix knowledge. Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 978-3-8653-9933-5 , p. 173 f.
Web links
- Robert H. MacArthur , website of the Eric Pianka laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin
Individual evidence
- ^ MacArthur, Robert H. , catalogue.bnf.fr
personal data | |
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SURNAME | MacArthur, Robert H. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacArthur, Robert Helmer (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American ecologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto |
DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1972 |