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Power, Mary; Estes, James; Kareiva, Peter; Levin, Simon; Lubchenco, Jane; Palumbi, Stephen
A Biographical Memoir of Robert T. Paine Journal Article
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America. Bibliographical Memoirs, pp. 1-20, 0000.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: memoir, patch dynamics, trophic cascade
@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}
}
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.
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.