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Charles Sutherland Elton FRS (29 March 1900 – 1 May 1991) was an English zoologist and animal ecologist. He is associated with the development of population and community ecology , including studies of invasive organisms .
Charles Elton was an English biologist credited with framing the basic principles of modern animal ecology. Elton was educated first at Liverpool College and then at New College, Oxford, from which he graduated with first-class honours in zoology in 1922.
May 28, 2013 · Charles Elton (b. 1900–d. 1991) was a towering figure in ecology in general and animal ecology in particular. Although there were antecedents, he was a chief architect of the concept of the pyramid of numbers and one of the inventors of the concepts of the food chain, food web, and ecological niche.
Charles Elton: Pioneer Conservation Biologist. DANIEL SIMBERLOFF. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. University of Tennessee. Knoxville, TN 37996 USA Email: dsimberloff@utk.edu. ABSTRACT. Charles Elton is widely regarded as a key figure in the development of ecology.
Mar 29, 2021 · Charles Elton was among the first to study the relationship between animals and plants in their natural environment and to define animal behavior as a result of the living environment.
Feb 5, 2008 · Half a century after its publication, Charles Elton's book on invasions remains influential, but massive changes in the status of invasions and other environmental issues worldwide, together with advances in technology, are reshaping the game rules and priorities of invasion ecology.
May 29, 2018 · Elton, Charles Sutherland (1900–91), A British zoologist who studied animal communities and made major contributions to the development of ecological studies in general and of animal ecology in particular.
