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Robert Helmer MacArthur (April 7, 1930 – November 1, 1972) was a Canadian-born American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology. He is considered to be one of the founders of ecology.
Aug 26, 2013 · In his short life (b. 1930–d. 1972), Robert MacArthur was a highly influential architect of modern ecology. He was, as much as anyone, responsible for bringing theoretical population biology into mainstream ecology at a time when many empirical ecologists were openly hostile to theory.
The theory of island biogeography. RH MAcARTHUR. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. , 1996. 1619. 1996. On the relative abundance of bird species. RH MacArthur. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 43 (3), 293-295.
By reformulating many of the parameters of ecology, bio- geography, and genetics into a common framework of fun- damental theory, MacArthur-more than any other person who worked during the decisive decade of the 1960s-set the stage for the unification of population biology.
Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1958-1965. Professor, Princeton University, 1965-1972. Major Professor: G. Evelyn Hutchinson. Coauthor (with E. O. Wilson) of " The Theory of Island Biogeography ". Author of " Geographical Ecology ". Elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 1969.
Mar 18, 2001 · Biogeography was stuck in a “natural history phase” dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson argued in 1967. In this book, the authors developed a general theory to explain the facts of island biogeography.
Robert H. MacArthur. First published in 1972 and now available for the first time in paperback, this book is the summation of the life work of one of the most influential scientists of our time.
