James Hemphill Brown (born September 25, 1942) is an American biologist and academic.
James Hemphill Brown | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 25, 1942 United States |
| Alma mater | Cornell University University of Michigan |
| Known for | Macroecology Metabolic theory of ecology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ecology |
| Institutions | University of New Mexico |
| Doctoral advisor | Emmet T. Hooper |
He is an ecologist, and as of 2001[update] a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico.[1] His work has focused on 3 distinct aspects of ecology: 1) the population and community ecology of rodents and harvester ants in the Chihuahuan Desert, 2) large-scale questions relating to the distribution of body size, abundance and geographic range of animals, leading to the development of the field of macroecology, a term that was coined in a paper Brown co-authored with Brian Maurer of Michigan State University.[2] and 3) the Metabolic Theory of Ecology. In 2005 he was awarded the Robert H. MacArthur Award by the Ecological Society of America for his work, including his work toward a metabolic theory of ecology.[3] Between 1969 and 2011 he was awarded over $18.4 million in grants for his research.[1]
Education and honors
editEducation
editBrown received a bachelors with honors in 1963 before obtaining his PhD in 1967:[1]
- Bachelor of Arts, Zoology, 1963, Cornell University
- PhD, Zoology, 1967, University of Michigan
Honors
editHonors James Brown has received include:[1]
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 1988
- C. Hart Merriam Award (American Society of Mammalogists) 1989
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1995
- Eugene P. Odum Award for Education (Ecological Society of America), 2001[4]
- Marsh Ward for Career Achievement, (British Ecological Society), 2002
- Robert H. MacArthur Award (Ecological Society of America), 2005
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2005
Portal
editIn 1977 Brown, in collaboration with Diane Davidson and James Reichman, started a research project in the Chihuahuan Desert near Portal, Arizona to study competition between rodents and ants and their influence on the annual plant community.[5]
Books
edit- Brown, J.H.; Gibson, A.C. (1983). Biogeography (1st ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
- Real, L.; Brown, J.H. (1991). Foundations of Ecology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226705941.
- Genoways, H.H.; Brown, J.H. (1993). Biology of the Heteromyidae. American Society of Mammalogists. ISBN 978-0935868661.
- Brown, J.H. (1995). Macroecology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226076157.
- Brown, J.H.; Lomolino, M.V. (1998). Biogeography (2nd ed.). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer.
- Brown, J.H.; West, G.B. (2000). Scaling in Biology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195131420.
- Lomolino, M.V.; Sax, D.F.; Brown, J.H. (2004). Foundations of Biogeography. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226492360.
- Lomolino, M.V.; Riddle, B.R.; Brown, J.H. (2005). Biogeography (3rd ed.). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer.
- Storch, D.; Marquet, P.A.; Brown, J.H. (2007). Scaling in Biodiversity. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521876025.
- Lomolino, M.V.; Riddle, B.R.; Whittaker, R.J.; Brown, J.H. (2009). Biogeography (4th ed.). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer. ISBN 9780878934867.
- Smith, F.A.; Gittleman, J.L.; Brown, J.H. (2014). Foundations of Macroecology (1st ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226115337.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "James Hemphill Brown Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of New Mexico. July 26, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Brown, James H.; Maurer, Brian A. (1989). "Macroecology: the division of food and space among species on continents" (PDF). Science. 243 (4895): 1145–1150. Bibcode:1989Sci...243.1145B. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.170.3029. doi:10.1126/science.243.4895.1145. PMID 17799895. S2CID 14508955. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ Brown, James H.; Gillooly, James F.; Allen, Andrew P.; Savage, Van M.; West, Geoffrey B. (2004). "Toward a metabolic theory of ecology" (PDF). Ecology. 85 (7): 1771–1789. doi:10.1890/03-9000. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ "Eugene P. Odum Award" (PDF). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America: 17–18. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
- ^ Resetarits, Jr., William J.; Bernardo, Joseph (1998). Experimental Ecology: Issues and Perspectives. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515042-1.