Victor E. Shelford

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Victor E. Shelford was an American ecologist and pioneer in animal ecology who helped establish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American ecologist
author
ecologist
person
pioneer in animal ecology
university professor
academicDiscipline ecology
zoology
birthDate 1877-09-22
contributedTo development of ecological succession concepts in animal communities
integration of animal and plant ecology
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1968-12-27
educatedAt University of Chicago
employer University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
era 20th-century biology
familyName Shelford
fieldOfWork animal ecology
biogeography
community ecology
ecology
givenName Victor
hasGender male
helpedEstablish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States
influenced development of modern community ecology in North America
knownFor helping establish ecology as a scientific discipline in the United States
pioneering work in animal ecology
studies of animal communities and habitats
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Ecological Society of America
name Victor E. Shelford
nationality American
notableWork Animal Communities in Temperate America
The Ecology of North America
occupation ecologist
professor
zoologist
placeOfBirth United States of America
placeOfDeath United States of America
positionHeld president of the Ecological Society of America
researchFocus distribution of animal communities across habitats
relationships between animals and their environments
taughtAt University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

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Ecological Society of America foundedBy Victor E. Shelford
Henry Chandler Cowles hasNotableStudent Victor E. Shelford
Henry Chandler Cowles influenced Victor E. Shelford
Robert Helmer MacArthur influencedBy Victor E. Shelford
this entity surface form: "Charles Elton"
Victor E. Shelford name Victor E. Shelford