Birth of scientific ecology : Eugenius Warming (1841-1924) /
This book presents a biography of the Danish botanist Eugen Warming. As the author of a treatise on ecology that brought him international recognition, he was able to inspire the first generation of 20th-century European and American ecologists. His innovative approach to nature and his Arctic and t...
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| Language: | English |
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London, UK : Hoboken, NJ :
ISTE ; Wiley,
2024.
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| Series: | Ecological science series
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1 From Mando to Lagoa Santa
- Chapter 1 Eugenius' Birthplace
- Chapter 2 Jutland: At the Roots of a Passion
- Chapter 3 An Interrupted University Course
- Chapter 4 From Rio to Lagoa Santa: A New World
- Part 2 Good Times and Bad
- Chapter 5 Outstanding Doctoral Studies
- Chapter 6 Intense Activity, a Detour via Stockholm
- Chapter 7 Back to Copenhagen
- Part 3. New Latitudes
- Chapter 8 Arctic and Tropical Missions
- Chapter 9 Eugenius' Arctic Botanical Geography
- Chapter 10 The Long-Term Tropics
- Part 4. Professor Warming's Ecology
- Chapter 11 1895 - 1896: Ecological Botanical Geography
- Chapter 12 Authorized Editions, or Not...
- Chapter 13 1909: Oecology of Plants in the Storm
- Chapter 14 Limits and Potentials
- Chapter 15 Warming's Ecology and Evolutionary Theories
- Part 5 The Ubiquitous Professor Warming
- Chapter 16 The Institutionalization of Ecology
- Chapter 17 The Man of Knowledge and Power
- Chapter 18 The Protagonist of the Danish Ecological Project
- General Conclusion
- References
- Index of Names
- Index of Terms.