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The Lamar Dodd Award by Eric Dahl
The Lamar Dodd Award
| The William A. Owens Award
| The Albert Christ-Janer Award
| The Inventor's Award |
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Honors an outstanding body of research in the sciences. Stephen P. Hubbell, Distinguished Research Professor of Plant Biology, has created a mathematical theory to explain general patterns in the distribution of biological diversity on earth from local to global scales. Originally published as The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography (2001), the theory unifies previously unconnected theory in population biology and island biogeography with speciation theory. The theory has generated great excitement but also consternation among ecologists. The controversy is because, despite the concept’s simplified neutral approach, it works remarkably well, accurately describing many observed patterns of species diversity that had previously resisted theoretical explanation. |
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The Lamar Dodd Award
| The William A. Owens Award
| The Albert Christ-Janer Award
| The Inventor's Award |
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