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Michael Rosenzweig receives ESA Eminent Ecologist Award for 2008

Rosensweig ESA Award

Pictured with Dr. Rosenzweig, Dr. Robert Holt, Professor and Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecology, University of Florida (L), and Dr. Norman Christensen, Professor of Ecology and Founding Dean of the Nicholas School of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Duke University (R).
Eminent Ecologist Award: Michael Rosenzweig

Michael Rosenzweig of the University of Arizona is the recipient of this year’s Ecological Society of America Eminent Ecologist Award, given to a senior ecologist in recognition of an outstanding body of ecological work or sustained ecological contributions of extraordinary merit. Over his 38-year career, Rosenzweig has been the discoverer and creator of some of the seminal concepts in ecological thought, including the stability of predator-prey dynamics, the relationship between primary production and evapotranspiration, theories of habitat selection and, perhaps most importantly, the competitive speciation hypothesis. His vision of promoting risky and innovative science led him to establish two scientific journals, Evolutionary Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology Research, and become an advocate and spokesperson for the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. Rosenzweig served on two committees of the National Academy of Sciences to develop early warning indicators of environmental health and identify the most important challenges in environmental science. Rosenzweig has edited two books and written three.

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