Robert T. Paine
Robert Treat Paine | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 13, 1933 |
| Died | June 13, 2016 (aged 83) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (undergraduate) University of Michigan (postgraduate) |
| Known for | keystone species concept[1] |
| Awards | Sewall Wright Award (1996) National Academy of Sciences International Cosmos Prize (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan University of Washington Harvard University Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| Thesis | The Life History and Population Dynamics of Glottidia Pyramidata (Brachiopoda) (1961) |
| Doctoral students | Paul Dayton[1] Bruce Menge[1] Jane Lubchenco[1] |
| Website | www |
Robert Treat "Bob" Paine III (April 13, 1933 – June 13, 2016) was an American ecologist. He spent most of his career at the University of Washington.
Paine created the keystone species[1][2][3] idea to explain the relationship between Pisaster ochraceus, a species of starfish, and Mytilus californianus, a species of mussel.[4] Paine's research, and the work of his students, has been hugely influential in the field of ecology.[1]
Paine died from acute myeloid leukemia, a type of blood cancer, at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, Washington on June 13, 2016, aged 83.[5][6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Yong, E. (2013). "Scientific families: Dynasty. Bob Paine fathered an idea — and an academic family — that changed ecology". Nature. 493 (7432): 286–289. doi:10.1038/493286a. PMID 23325190. S2CID 10827261.
- ↑ "Keystone Species Hypothesis". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
- ↑ "Scientists Adopt Tiny Island as a Warming Bellwether". New York Times. 6 Oct 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ↑ Stolzenberg, William (2008). Where the Wild Things Were: Life, death and ecological wreckage in a land of vanishing predators. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 978-1-59691-299-1.
- ↑ Jennifer Ruesink (2016) "Prof. Emeritus Bob Paine (1933-2016)" University of Washington, Department of Biology, 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
- ↑ Phuong Le (2016) "Bob Paine, ecologist who introduced 'keystone species,' dies" Phys.org, 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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