History of Ecology Flashcards
Graunt
father of demography, changes in human population
leeuwenhoek
microscope, pop growth of mice
malthus
human pops can’t increase exponentially, revolution
buffon
prey pops regulated by predators
quetelet
statistician, unrestricted growth dampened by natural processes
verhulst
logistic growth equation for quetelet’s theory
farr’s rule
as density increases so does mortality
aristotle
historia animalium: description of natural patterns, explained by natural processes
herodotus and plato
providential ecology: balance in nature (wrong about extinction)
edward forbes and h.c. cowles
community regulation and succession (composition changing over time)
ronald ross
systems analysis, mathematical model of the spread of infectious disease (malaria)
rachel carson
silent spring (DDT), until 1960 ecology not considered important by gen pop