Shaping Ecology - Ayres, Peter G

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Peter Ayres was taught by, or worked with, several of Tansley's closest friends. He was for seven years Executive Editor of the New Phytologist, the journal founded by Tansley. After a career teaching plant physiology and pathology at Lancaster University, his interest in the history of plant sciences has led him to write Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death and The Aliveness of Plants: The Darwins at the Dawn of Plant Science.

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Peter Ayres was taught by, or worked with, several of Tansley's closest friends. He was for seven years Executive Editor of the New Phytologist, the journal founded by Tansley. After a career teaching plant physiology and pathology at Lancaster University, his interest in the history of plant sciences has led him to write Harry Marshall Ward and the Fungal Thread of Death and The Aliveness of Plants: The Darwins at the Dawn of Plant Science....

Despite hints of Tansley's personal complexity, we are left with an appreciation of his remarkable professional legacy that continues to foster scientific alliances and conservation of nature. (Ecology, 1 September 2013) To all of us who cherish such wild places in modern Britain, as this book reveals, we owe Tansley a great debt. ( The Biologist , 1 June 2013 ) A valuable acquisition for institutions with programs in ecology, botany, environmental sciences, or history of science. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Academic and general readers, all levels. ( Choice , 1 March 2013) It is directed at ecologists, but it is a straightforward biography and, as such, deserves to be widely read. ( Journal of Insect Conservervation , 8 July 2012)