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Shaping ecology [electronic resource] : the life of Arthur Tansley / Peter Ayres.

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Sir Arthur Tansley was the leading figure in ecology for the first half of the 20th century, founding the field, and forming its first professional societies. He was the first President of the British Ecological Society and the first chair of the Field Studies Council. His work as a botanist is cons...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Wiley)
Main Author: Ayres, P. G. (Peter G.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Subjects:
Tansley, A. G. > (Arthur George), > Sir, > 1871-1955.
Tansley, A. G. > (Arthur George), > Sir, > 1871-1955 > Political and social views.
Nature Conservancy (Great Britain) > History.
Field Studies Council (Great Britain) > History.
Ecologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Botanists > Great Britain > Biography.
Ecology > Great Britain > History.
Nature conservation > Great Britain > History.
Natural areas > Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > Environmental conditions.
Field Studies Council (Great Britain)
Nature Conservancy (Great Britain)
Botanists.
Ecologists.
Ecology.
Natural areas.
Nature conservation.
Political and social views.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Kingley Vale: Worth Fighting For
  • The Origins of Ecology
  • George Tansley, Christian Socialism, and the Working Men's College
  • Highgate School, University College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Teaching at University College, the Chicks, and Marriage to Edith
  • Seashores and Woodlands: Looking for Patterns
  • The Managing Director of British Ecology
  • Disillusion and Disaffection
  • The Oxford Years, 1927₆1937
  • The Magnum Opus, Grantchester, and Retirement
  • The Years of Fulfilment, 1937₆1953
  • A Detached Liberal Philosopher and Free-Thinker
  • References
  • Index.
  • Kingley Vale: Worth fighting for
  • The origins of ecology
  • George Tansley, Christian Socialism and the Working Men's College
  • Highgate School, University College, London, and Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Teaching at University College: The Chicks and marriage to Edith
  • Seashores and woodlands: Looking for patterns
  • The Managing Director of British Ecology
  • Disillusion and disaffection
  • The Oxford years, 1927-1937
  • The magnum opus, Grantchester and retirement
  • The years of fulfilment, 1937-53
  • A detached liberal philosopher and free-thinker.

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