Ecology Quiz [Scientist Contribution]

Question 1

Eugene and Howard Odum

Answer 1

• Quantified field studies of energy flow through ecosystems.
• Father of modern ecology
• Their book “Fundamentals of Ecology” contributed to the establishment of ecology as a subject in schools.

Question 2

August Thienemann

Answer 2

Introduced the concept of trophic or feeding levels.

Question 3

Alfred Lotka and Vito Volterra

Answer 3

Made one of the first mathematical models applied to ecology, which is the “Lotka-Volterra Model”

Question 4

G. Evelyn Hutchinson

Answer 4

• Father of modern ecology
• First credited with combining ecology with mathematics.

Question 5

Charles Elton

Answer 5

• Father of animal ecology
• Developed the concept of ecological niche and pyramid of numbers.
• Pioneered the concept of food chain and food webs.