Robert Harding Whittaker ( English Robert Harding Whittaker ; December 27, 1920 - October 20, 1980 ) is a prominent American ecologist and phytocenologist , one of the world's most famous environmentalists .
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| Robert Harding Whittaker | |
| Date of Birth | December 27, 1920 |
| Place of Birth | Wichita ( Kansas , United States ) |
| Date of death | October 20, 1980 (59 years old) |
| Place of death | Ithaca ( New York , United States ) |
| A country | USA |
| Scientific field | ecology , phytocenology |
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| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Awards and prizes | [d] ( 1981 ) |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are complemented by the abbreviation " Whittaker " . A list of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Contribution to science
Engaged in the classification and ordination of plant communities. He defended the position of supporters of the continuity of vegetation (see the history of geobotany ), becoming one of the leaders of this trend in the United States. The first to substantiate the division of organisms into five kingdoms — prokaryotes , protists , fungi , plants , animals . He rejected the theory of monoclimax , believed that menopause is mosaic (its concept is closest to the theory of polyclimax ).
Scientific Works
- Whitteker R. Communities and Ecosystems. - M .: Progress, 1980. - 327 p.