Professor
Michael Ellman Soule
(
–
)
1936
2020
University of California, Santa Cruz
;
Santa Cruz, CA
Population and conservation biologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Evolution and Ecology
Elected
2005
First President and founder of Soc, for Conservation Biology. Developed methods to predict rates of species extinction, demonstrated role of meso-predator release in trophic cascades, and helped create & establish population viability analysis. Introduced fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of stress in natural populations. Currently writing a book on the biological (fitness) basis of sin and its role in the extinction and warming crises.
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