Charles J. Krebs

Zoology, Animals, Physiology, Metabolism

"We should be conservative in the ways we deal with natural systems."

Achievement

Famous for writing Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance (now in its fifth edition), a textbook used worldwide to teach ecology, and for his work on the Fence Effect.

Birthdate

September 17, 1936

Birthplace

St. Louis, Missouri

Residence

Mayne Island, British Columbia

Personality

Patient, makes lots of wise cracks, efficient, direct, organized, fair, confident, intimidating, even keeled, fun

Title

Emeritus Professor of Zoology

Office

Department of Zoology, University of BC, Vancouver, BC

Status

Semi-retired

Degrees

BSc (Biology), University of Minnesota, 1957

MA (Animal Ecology), UBC, 1959

PhD (Animal Ecology) UBC, 1962

Awards

Wildlife Society, Terrestrial Publication of the Year award, 1965

Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1979

Killam Senior Fellowship, 1985

President’s Medal, University of Helsinki, 1986

Honorary doctorate, University of Lund, 1988

Sir Frederick McMaster Senior Fellowship, CSIRO, Australia, 1992

C. Hart Merriam Award, American Society of Mammalogists, 1994

Fry Medal, Canadian Society of Zoologists, 1996

Mentor

Dennis Chitty, professor at UBC and world expert on lemming cycles

Book Description

This best-selling majors ecology book continues to present ecology as a series of problems for readers to critically analyze. No other text presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the book emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance. Throughout the book, Krebs thoroughly explains the application of mathematical concepts in ecology while reinforcing these concepts with research references, examples, and interesting end-of-chapter review questions. Thoroughly updated with new examples and references, the book now features a new full-color design and is accompanied by an art CD-ROM for instructors. <P>The field package also includes The Ecology Action Guide, a guide that encourages readers to be environmentally responsible citizens, and a subscription to The Ecology Place (www.ecologyplace.com), a web site and CD-ROM that enables users to become virtual field ecologists by performing experiments such as estimating the number of mice on an imaginary island or restoring prairie land in Iowa. For college instructors and students. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From the Back Cover

This best-selling ecology book continues to present ecology as a series of problems for readers to critically analyze. No other book presents analytical, quantitative, and statistical ecological information in an equally accessible style. Reflecting the way ecologists actually practice, the book emphasizes the role of experiments in testing ecological ideas and discusses many contemporary and controversial problems related to distribution and abundance. Throughout the book, Krebs thoroughly explains the application of mathematical concepts in ecology while reinforcing these concepts with research references, examples, and interesting end-of-chapter review questions. Thoroughly updated, the book includes new chapters on disease ecology (15) and the human impact on ecosystem health (28). Chapters on conservation biology, community organization, and primary production are extensively revised, and coverage of evolutionary and functional biology is more integrated. Thirty-four new essays provide interesting insights into relevant topics, exploring some of the problems ecologists deal with in their attempt to understand nature.