The Art of Ecology; Writings of G. Evelyn Hutchinson

by Edited by David K. Skelly, David M. Post, and Melinda D. Smith; Foreword by Thomas E. Lovejoy

• ISBN13: 9780300154498
• ISBN10: 0300154496
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-01-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

During the twentieth century, ecology evolved from a collection of natural history facts to a rigorous, analytical discipline with a rich body of theory. No single person is more responsible for this change than G. Evelyn Hutchinson. This collection of selected writings showcases Hutchinson's dynamic and wide-ranging mind as well as his keen wit. Original essays by scientists and historians underscore the continuing relevance of Hutchinson's ideas.

Author Biography

David K. Skelly,  David M. Post, and Melinda D. Smith are ecologists on the faculty of Yale University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction
The Beauty of the World: Evelyn Hutchinson's Vision of Science	p. 1
Aria da Capo and Quodlibet	p. 10
in An Introduction to Population Ecology (Yale University Press, 1978), pp. 237-241
New England Moral to Adorn the Tale (excerpt)	p. 15
Chapter 8 in The Kindly Fruits of the Earth: Recollections of an Embryo Ecologist (Yale University Press, 1979), pp. 228-253
Biography
From English Schoolboy to America's Foremost Ecologist	p. 41
A Swimming Grasshopper	p. 57
Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 30 (1918): 138
Emmanuel: Being Taught (excerpt)	p. 58
Emmanuel: Learning (excerpts)	p. 74
Chapters 4 and 5 in The Kindly Fruits of the Earth: Recollections of an Embryo Ecologist (Yale University Press, 1979), pp. 86-107, 123-124
Limnology
Astonishing Microcosms	p. 83
Limnological Studies at High Altitudes in Ladak	p. 86
Nature 132 (1933): 136
Chemical Stratification and Lake Morphology	p. 87
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 24 (1938): 63-69
Limnological Studies in Connecticut: IV. The Mechanisms of Intermediary Metabolism in Stratified Lakes	p. 94
Ecological Monographs 11 (1941): 21-60
The History of a Lake	p. 134
Yale Scientific Magazine 16 (1942): 13-15, 22
A Direct Demonstration of the Phosphorus Cycle in a Small Lake (G. E. Hutchinson and V. T. Bowen)	p. 138
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 33 (1947): 148-153
The Lacustrine Microcosm Reconsidered	p. 144
American Scientist 52 (1964): 334-341
A Treatise on Limnology, vol. 1: Geography, Physics and Chemistry (excerpts)	p. 152
(John Wiley and Sons, 1957), pp. 1-2, 750-752
Theory
Reflection Thereon: G. Evelyn Hutchinson and Ecological Theory	p. 157
Ecological Aspects of Succession in Natural Populations	p. 162
The American Naturalist 75 (1941): 406-418
Copepodology for the Ornithologist	p. 175
Ecology 32 (1951): 571-577
The Concept of Pattern in Ecology	p. 182
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 105 (1953): 1-12
Concluding Remarks	p. 194
Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 22 (1957): 415-427
Homage to Santa Rosalia, or Why Are There So Many Kinds of Animals?	p. 207
The American Naturalist 93 (1959): 145-159
The Paradox of the Plankton	p. 222
The American Naturalist 95 (1961): 137-145
The Influence of the Environment	p. 231
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 51 (1964): 930-934
Thoughts on Aquatic Insects	p. 236
BioScience 31 (1981): 495-500
Experiencing Green Pigeons	p. 243
A Note on the Functions of a University	p. 252
in The Itinerant Ivory Tower (Yale University Press, 1953), pp. 144-147
The Uses of Beetles	p. 256
in The Enchanted Voyage and Other Studies (Yale University Press, 1962), pp. 90-97
The Naturalist as an Art Critic	p. 264
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 115 (1963): 99-111
The Cream in the Gooseberry Fool	p. 277
American Scientist 51 (1963): 446-453
On Being a Meter and a Half Long	p. 285
in P. H. Oehser, ed., Knowledge Among Men (Simon and Schuster, 1966), pp. 83-92
Aysthorpe	p. 295
Chapter 2 in The Kindly Fruits of the Earth (Yale University Press, 1979), pp. 23-48
Conjectures Arising in a Quiet Museum	p. 321
Antenna, Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society of London 4 (1980): 92, 97-98
Appendix: Publications of G. Evelyn Hutchinson	p. 325
Notes	p. 341
References	p. 347
List of Contributors	p. 353
Credits	p. 355
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