Ecologists of our Time

By Dana Duby
  • 371 BCE

    Theophrastus

    Theophrastus
    Described plant and animal interactions and classified over 500 plants.

  • Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
    First to develop the concept of food chains.

  • Alexander von Humboldt

    Alexander von Humboldt
    First to study of the relationship between organisms and their environment.

  • Henry Chandler Cowles

    Henry Chandler Cowles
    Observed that the shape of the land and the type of soil influence the type of plants that grow there.

  • G. Evelyn Hutchinson

    G. Evelyn Hutchinson
    Founded the niche concept.