Stuart Pimm

Stuart Leonard Pimm
Born (1949-02-27) February 27, 1949 (age 75)[2]
Derbyshire
CitizenshipJoint Citizenship (USA, UK)
SpouseJulia Killeffer[2]
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Kempe Award for Distinguished Ecologists
Heineken Prize
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
International Cosmos Prize
Scientific career
InstitutionsDuke University
University of Oxford
New Mexico State University
ThesisCommunity Process and Structure (1974)
Doctoral advisorRalph Raitt[1]
Doctoral studentsJulie L. Lockwood[2]
Websitesavingnature.com
nicholas.duke.edu/people/faculty/pimm

Stuart Leonard Pimm (born 27 February 1949) is the Doris Duke Chair of Conservation Ecology at Duke University. His early career was as a theoretical ecologist but he now specialises in scientific research of biodiversity and conservation biology.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

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  3. ^ Pimm, S. L.; Lawton, J. H.; Cohen, J. E. (1991). "Food web patterns and their consequences". Nature. 350 (6320): 669. Bibcode:1991Natur.350..669P. doi:10.1038/350669a0. S2CID 4267587.
  4. ^ Pimm, S. L.; Raven, P. (2000). "Biodiversity. Extinction by numbers". Nature. 403 (6772): 843–845. Bibcode:2000Natur.403..843P. doi:10.1038/35002708. PMID 10706267.
  5. ^ Pimm, S. L. (1984). "The complexity and stability of ecosystems". Nature. 307 (5949): 321–326. Bibcode:1984Natur.307..321P. doi:10.1038/307321a0. S2CID 4317192.
  6. ^ Pimm, Stuart L. (1991). The balance of nature?: ecological issues in the conservation of species and communities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-66830-4.
  7. ^ Pimm, S. L.; Jones, H. L.; Diamond, J. (1988). "On the Risk of Extinction". The American Naturalist. 132 (6): 757. doi:10.1086/284889. S2CID 84882806.
  8. ^ Brooks, T. M.; Pimm, S. L.; Oyugi, J. O. (1999). "Time Lag between Deforestation and Bird Extinction in Tropical Forest Fragments". Conservation Biology. 13 (5): 1140. Bibcode:1999ConBi..13.1140B. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98341.x. S2CID 86781457.