James Hemphill Brown | |
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Born | United States | September 25, 1942
Alma mater | Cornell University University of Michigan |
Known for | Macroecology Metabolic theory of ecology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Ecology |
Institutions | University of New Mexico |
Doctoral advisor | Emmet T. Hooper |
James Hemphill Brown (born September 25, 1942) is an American biologist and academic.
He is an ecologist, and as of 2001[update] a Distinguished Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico.[1] His work has focused on 3 distinct aspects of ecology: 1) the population and community ecology of rodents and harvester ants in the Chihuahuan Desert, 2) large-scale questions relating to the distribution of body size, abundance and geographic range of animals, leading to the development of the field of macroecology, a term that was coined in a paper Brown co-authored with Brian Maurer of Michigan State University.[2] and 3) the Metabolic Theory of Ecology. In 2005 he was awarded the Robert H. MacArthur Award by the Ecological Society of America for his work, including his work toward a metabolic theory of ecology.[3] Between 1969 and 2011 he was awarded over $18.4 million in grants for his research.[1]
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