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Robert Helmer MacArthur (April 7, 1930 – November 1, 1972) was a Canadian-born American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology. He is considered to be one of the founders of ecology.
Aug 26, 2013 · In his short life (b. 1930–d. 1972), Robert MacArthur was a highly influential architect of modern ecology. He was, as much as anyone, responsible for bringing theoretical population biology into mainstream ecology at a time when many empirical ecologists were openly hostile to theory.
Articles 1–20. Professor of Biology, Princeton University - Cited by 82,856 - Biogeography - Complexity - Community Ecology - Island Biogeography - Theoretical Biology.
In conversation, MacArthur would say that the best sci- ence comes, to a great extent, from the creation of de novo and heuristic classification of natural phenomena. "Art," he enjoyed quoting Picasso, "is the lie that helps us to see the truth." But MacArthur was also a born naturalist.
Postdoctoral researcher, Oxford University, 1957-1958. Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1958-1965. Professor, Princeton University, 1965-1972. Major Professor: G. Evelyn Hutchinson. Coauthor (with E. O. Wilson) of " The Theory of Island Biogeography ". Author of " Geographical Ecology ".
Biogeography was stuck in a "natural history phase" dominated by the collection of data, the young Princeton biologists Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson argued in 1967. In this book, the authors developed a general theory to...
Despite his tragically short life (1930-1972) and brief career, Robert MacArthur was haps the most influential ecologist of the 20th Century. With the possible exceptions. Charles Elton and Eugene Odum, no other ecologist had as much influence during. lifetime or left such an enduring legacy.
