Alastair Hugh FitterCBEFRS (born 20 June 1948) is a Britishecologist at theUniversity of York.[1]
Fitter was educated atOxford and atLiverpool, and came to theDepartment of Biology in York in 1972.[1] In 2004 he was appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor, with the Research portfolio. He is a member of Council of theNatural Environment Research Council.
Fitter's research interests includeplant and microbial behaviour in a changing world; functionalecology of roots and mycorrhizal associations under field conditions; root system architecture;carbon cycling insoil, especially in relation to mycorrhizas; phenological responses to climate change.[2]
Alastair Fitter is the son of the naturalist and authorRichard Fitter (1913–2005), and together in 2002 they published an article inScience on the changingphenology of wild flowers due toglobal warming. They have also collaborated on numerous field guides and other natural history books.[3]
Fitter was electedFellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2005.[4] He was appointedCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services to environmental science.[5] He received a President's Medal from theBritish Ecological Society.[6]
References
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- ^"Fitter, Professor Alastair H - Biology, University of York".
- ^"Prof. Alastair Fitter - Publications - Research Database, the University of York".
- ^"The Royal Society welcomes two New Plant Scientists".SEB Bulletin. January 2006. Retrieved5 May 2015.
- ^"No. 59282".The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2009. p. 7.
- ^"Winners of our President's Medal".
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