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Also Known As Charles Sutherland Elton
Born March 29, 1900 • Liverpool • England
Died May 1, 1991 (aged 91) • Oxford • England
Notable Works “Animal Ecology” • “Animal Ecology and Evolution”
Subjects Of Study animal • mouse • rodent • vole • community • ecosystem • food chain • habitat • pest control • population • population movement
Victor Ernest Shelford
American zoologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson
American biologist
Pierre Dansereau
Canadian plant ecologist
Jacques Loeb
Jacques Loeb
German biologist
Karl P. Schmidt
American zoologist
Warder Clyde Allee
American zoologist
Barry Commoner
Barry Commoner
American biologist
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist
William Harvey
William Harvey
English physician
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Ian Wilmut
British biologist
Bateson, William
William Bateson
British biologist
Julian Huxley
Sir Julian Huxley
British biologist
St. George Jackson Mivart
St. George Jackson Mivart
British biologist
Sir Gavin de Beer
British zoologist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
American biologist
Hugh Esmor Huxley
British biologist
Cyril Dean Darlington
British biologist

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