American biologist and academic (born 1942)
James Hemphill Brown (born September 25, 1942) is an American biologist and academic known for his contributions to ecology.
Brown is anecologist and, as of 2001, a Distinguished Professor of Biology at theUniversity of New Mexico .[ 1]
Thepopulation andcommunity ecology ofrodents andharvester ants in theChihuahuan Desert . Large-scale ecological patterns, including the distribution of body size, abundance, and geographic range of animals. This work led to the development ofmacroecology , a term coined in a paper Brown co-authored with Brian Maurer ofMichigan State University .[ 2] TheMetabolic Theory of Ecology , which seeks to explain ecological patterns based on metabolic principles. In 2005, Brown was awarded theRobert H. MacArthur Award by theEcological Society of America for his contributions to the field, including his work on the metabolic theory of ecology.[ 3]
Between 1969 and 2011, Brown was awarded over $18.4 million in research grants.[ 1]
Education and honors [ edit ] Brown received a bachelors with honors in 1963 before obtaining his PhD in 1967:[ 1]
Honors James Brown has received include:[ 1]
In 1977, Brown, in collaboration with Diane Davidson and James Reichman, initiated a research project in theChihuahuan Desert nearPortal ,Arizona , to study competition between rodents and ants and their influence on the annual plant community.[ 5]
Brown, J.H.; Gibson, A.C. (1983).Biogeography Real, L.; Brown, J.H. (1991).Foundations of Ecology ISBN 9780226705941 Genoways, H.H.; Brown, J.H. (1993).Biology of the Heteromyidae ISBN 978-0935868661 Brown, J.H. (1995).Macroecology . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.ISBN 9780226076157 Brown, J.H.; Lomolino, M.V. (1998).Biogeography Brown, J.H.; West, G.B. (2000).Scaling in Biology . Oxford: Oxford University Press.ISBN 9780195131420 Lomolino, M.V.; Sax, D.F.; Brown, J.H. (2004).Foundations of Biogeography . Chicago: University of Chicago Press.ISBN 9780226492360 Lomolino, M.V.; Riddle, B.R.; Brown, J.H. (2005).Biogeography (3rd ed.). Sunderland, MA: Sinauer. Storch, D.; Marquet, P.A.; Brown, J.H. (2007).Scaling in Biodiversity . New York: Cambridge University Press.ISBN 9780521876025 Lomolino, M.V.; Riddle, B.R.; Whittaker, R.J.; Brown, J.H. (2009).Biogeography ISBN 9780878934867 Smith, F.A.; Gittleman, J.L.; Brown, J.H. (2014).Foundations of Macroecology (1st ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.ISBN 9780226115337 ^a b c d "James Hemphill Brown Curriculum Vitae" (PDF) . University of New Mexico. July 26, 2011. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on March 22, 2015. RetrievedAugust 17, 2014 .{{cite journal }}:Cite journal requires|journal= (help ) ^ Brown, James H.; Maurer, Brian A. (1989)."Macroecology: the division of food and space among species on continents" (PDF) .Science .243 (4895):1145– 1150.Bibcode :1989Sci...243.1145B .CiteSeerX 10.1.1.170.3029 doi :10.1126/science.243.4895.1145 .PMID 17799895 .S2CID 14508955 . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on January 24, 2012. RetrievedAugust 17, 2014 . ^ Brown, James H.; Gillooly, James F.; Allen, Andrew P.; Savage, Van M.; West, Geoffrey B. (2004)."Toward a metabolic theory of ecology" (PDF) .Ecology .85 (7):1771– 1789.doi :10.1890/03-9000 . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. RetrievedAugust 17, 2014 . ^ "Eugene P. Odum Award" (PDF) .Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America :17– 18. 2002. Archived fromthe original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. RetrievedAugust 17, 2014 .^ Resetarits Jr., William J.; Bernardo, Joseph (1998).Experimental Ecology: Issues and Perspectives .Oxford University Press .ISBN 978-0-19-515042-1
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