Publications

@article{Estes2016,

title = {A keystone ecologist: Robert Treat Paine, 1933–2016},

author = {James Estes and Paul Dayton and Peter Kareiva and Simon Levin and Jane Lubchenco and Bruce Menge and Stephen Palumbi and Mary and Power and John Terborgh},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.1572},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-08-13},

journal = {Ecology},

volume = {97},

number = {11},

pages = {2905-2909},

abstract = {Robert T. Paine, who passed away on 13 June 2016, is among the most influential people in the history of ecology. Paine was an experimentalist, a theoretician, a practitioner, and proponent of the “ecology of place,” and a deep believer in the importance of natural history to ecological understanding. His scientific legacy grew from the discovery of a link between top‐down forcing and species diversity, a breakthrough that led to the ideas of both keystone species and trophic cascades, and to our early understanding of the mosaic nature of biological communities, causes of zonation across physical gradients, and the intermediate‐disturbance hypothesis of species diversity. Paine's influence as a mentor was equally important to the growth of ecological thinking, natural resource conservation, and policy. He served ecology as an Ecological Society of America president, an editor of the Society's journals, a member of and contributor to the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council, and an in‐demand advisor to various state and federal agencies. Paine's broad interests, enthusiasm, charisma, and humor deeply affected our lives and the lives of so many others.},

keywords = {intermediate disturbance, keystone species, mentor, patch dynamics, tribute to life, trophic cascade, zonation},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Power2017,

title = {A Biographical Memoir of Robert T. Paine},

author = {Mary Power and James Estes and Peter Kareiva and Simon Levin and Jane Lubchenco and Stephen Palumbi},

url = {https://angelo.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/59/PNAS-2018-Power.pdf},

journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Bibliographical Memoirs},

pages = {1-20},

abstract = {Robert Paine changed the science of ecology profoundly. 

Fascinated with nature and greatly skilled as a naturalist, 

he took delight in linking results from field experiments to 

general, often novel concepts. Paine’s development of the 

concepts of keystone species, trophic cascades, and patch 

dynamics are milestones in community ecology. He will 

long be revered for his remarkable humanity, including his 

devotion to and respect for students, both his own and 

the many others he encouraged and guided. Paine took a 

bachelor’s degree in paleontology from Harvard in 1954. 

After service in the army he earned a Ph.D. in zoology 

from the University of Michigan in 1961 followed by a brief 

but influential postdoc at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. 

He then joined the faculty of the University of 

Washington where he spent the remainder of his career.},

keywords = {memoir, patch dynamics, trophic cascade},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}