Ecologists of our Time

By Dana Duby
  • Theophrastus
    371 BCE

    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.