Ecology [The Rest Of Scientist Contribution]

Question 1

Theophrastus of Eresus

Answer 1

First described the interrelationship between organisms.

Question 2

Thomas Malthus

Answer 2

Called attention to the conflict between expanding populations and the capacity of Earth to supply food

Question 3

Alexander Von Humboldt

Answer 3

• Father of Ecology
• Reported an impressive number of species, particularly plants

Question 4

Charles Darwin

Answer 4

Proposed his theory of evolution and adaptation.

Question 5

Ernst Haeckel

Answer 5

• Coined the term ecology
• applied the term oekolgie to the “relation between animal both to its organic and inorganic environment”

Question 6

Eduard Seuss

Answer 6

First define the term biosphere.

Question 7

Eugen Warming

Answer 7

Introduce the discipline of biogeography.

Question 8

Raymond Pearl

Answer 8

• One of the founders of biometry.

Question 9

Vladimir I. Vernadsky

Answer 9

Detailed the idea of the biosphere in his work “The Biosphere”

Question 10

Edward Birge and Chancey Juday

Answer 10

• Measured the energy budget of lakes.
• Developed the idea of primary productivity.

Question 11

Arthur Tansley

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Coined the term ecosystem as the biological communities of interacting organism.

Question 12

Konrad Lorenz

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• Father of modern ethology
• Developed concept of animal behavior and imprinting
• Especially known for his long-term observations of seagulls

Question 13

Raymond Lindeman

Answer 13

Developed the trophic dynamic concept of ecology.

Question 14

Vero Wynne-Edwards

Answer 14

• Developed the role of social behavior in the regulation of population (through epideictic displays)
• Developed the concept of group selection.

Question 15

James Lovelock

Answer 15

• Proposed the Gaia Theory.