Thomas E. Lovejoy

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Thomas E. Lovejoy was an influential American ecologist and conservation biologist known for pioneering work on biodiversity, tropical forest conservation, and the concept of "debt of extinction."

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Label Occurrences
Thomas E. Lovejoy canonical 2
Thomas Eugene Lovejoy 1
Thomas Lovejoy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic
author
conservation biologist
ecologist
environmentalist
human
advisorOf World Bank on biodiversity issues
awardReceived BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
surface form: BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservation Biology

Blue Planet Prize
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
U.N. Environment Programme Global 500 Award
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Millbrook School
Yale University
employer George Mason University
Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
Smithsonian Institution
World Bank
familyName Lovejoy
fieldOfWork biodiversity
conservation biology
ecology
tropical ecology
tropical forest conservation
fullName Thomas E. Lovejoy self-linksurface differs
surface form: Thomas Eugene Lovejoy
givenName Thomas
influenced global biodiversity policy discussions
knownFor advocacy for global biodiversity conservation
coining the term "debt of extinction" in conservation biology
pioneering work on biodiversity
pioneering work on tropical forest conservation
research on habitat fragmentation in the Amazon rainforest
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Academy of Sciences
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
notableConcept debt of extinction
notableIdea "debt of extinction" describing time-delayed species loss after habitat destruction
notableWork Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project
occupation conservation biologist
ecologist
university professor
placeOfBirth New York City
positionHeld biodiversity chair at the Heinz Center
chief biodiversity adviser to the president of the World Bank
president of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment
professor at George Mason University
researchFocus Amazon rainforest conservation
climate change and biodiversity
impacts of habitat fragmentation on species diversity

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Subject: Thomas E. Lovejoy
Description of subject: Thomas E. Lovejoy was an influential American ecologist and conservation biologist known for pioneering work on biodiversity, tropical forest conservation, and the concept of "debt of extinction."

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Blue Planet Prize hasLaureate Thomas E. Lovejoy
Volvo Environment Prize notableLaureate Thomas E. Lovejoy
this entity surface form: Thomas Lovejoy
Thomas E. Lovejoy fullName Thomas E. Lovejoy self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Thomas Eugene Lovejoy
Lovejoy hasNotableBearer Thomas E. Lovejoy