John Terborgh

John W. Terborgh
Born	1936 (age 87–88) Washington, D.C.
Nationality	American
Education	Harvard College (AB 1958) Harvard University (PhD 1963)
Awards	MacArthur Fellowship (1992) Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal (1996)
Scientific career
Fields	Conservation biology
Institutions	Duke University Princeton University
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John Whittle Terborgh (born April 16, 1936) is a James B. Duke Professor of Environmental Science at Duke University and co-director of the Center for Tropical Conservation. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences,^[1] and for the past thirty-five years, has been actively involved in tropical ecology and conservation issues. An authority on avian and mammalian ecology in Neotropical forests, Terborgh has published numerous articles and books on conservation themes. Since 1973, he has operated the Cocha Cashu Biological Station, a tropical ecology research station in Manú National Park, Peru.^[2]