Robert Harding Whittaker
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Robert Harding Whittaker was an influential American ecologist and taxonomist best known for proposing the five-kingdom classification of life and pioneering concepts in plant community ecology.
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| Robert Harding Whittaker canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
American scientist
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ecologist ⓘ person ⓘ taxonomist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Eminent Ecologist Award
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Membership in the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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University of Minnesota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Cornell University ⓘ University of California, Irvine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Whittaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biological classification
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community ecology ⓘ ecology ⓘ plant ecology ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| influenced |
ecosystem ecology
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modern biological taxonomy ⓘ |
| knownFor |
concepts of species diversity
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five-kingdom classification of life ⓘ gradient analysis in ecology ⓘ ordination of plant communities ⓘ work on plant community ecology ⓘ |
| memberOf | Ecological Society of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Classification of Plant Communities
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Communities and Ecosystems NERFINISHED ⓘ Evolution and Measurement of Species Diversity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
ecologist
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taxonomist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| proposed | five-kingdom system of biological classification ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studied |
biomes
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primary productivity ⓘ species diversity patterns ⓘ vegetation gradients ⓘ |
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