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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Main Author: Matagne, Patrick (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK : Hoboken, NJ : ISTE ; Wiley, 2024.
Series:Ecological science series
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.