RefNo | EC/1977/32 |
Previous numbers | Cert XX, 77 |
Level | Item |
Title | Southwood, Sir Thomas Richard Edmund: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
Date | 1971 |
Description | Citation typed |
Citation | Distinguished for his contributions to ecology and entomology. He has brought out the important influence of change in habitats, whether natural or man-made, on the size and constitution of animal populations. He has demonstrated the connection between the degree of permanence of the habitat and a neglected element in population dynamics, namely, the level of migratory activity of the species. He has illustrated these principles by studying the insect fauna of a variety of plants and plant communities, with special reference to agricultural ecosystems which are of necessity impermanent. This work has required better methods of measuring the size of animal populations and has led Southwood to write the first comprehensive textbook of such methods. In his earlier taxonomic work on the heteropterous bugs he was the first to use the egg-stage and the salivary glands, which led to a re-classification now adopted internationally. |
AccessStatus | Closed |
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Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA1980 | Southwood; Sir; Thomas Richard Edmund (1931 - 2005) | 1931 - 2005 |