John W. Marr 1914-1989 Through his teaching and research at the University of Colorado, Boulder, John Marr introduced many students to the ecology of the Front Range of Colorado. In 1951, he founded the Mountain Research Station (today known as INSTAAR), which has introduced hundreds more students—as well as researchers from around the planet—to Niwot Ridge, now a designated LTER,…
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What do you think of such a thing as a society of ecologists to include both botanists and zoologists and to be a society for field work rather than a society for the reading of papers? —Letter from Robert H. Wolcott to Victor E. Shelford, March 27, 1914 The first discussions on the formation of the Society took place in…
Read MoreJohn W. Marr 1914-1989 Through his teaching and research at the University of Colorado, Boulder, John Marr introduced many students to the ecology of the Front Range of Colorado. In 1951, he founded the Mountain Research Station (today known as INSTAAR), which has introduced hundreds more students—as well as researchers from around the planet—to Niwot Ridge, now a designated LTER,…
What do you think of such a thing as a society of ecologists to include both botanists and zoologists and to be a society for field work rather than a society for the reading of papers? —Letter from Robert H. Wolcott to Victor E. Shelford, March 27, 1914 The first discussions on the formation of the Society took place in…