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| Web URL(s): | http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/295/5555/639.pdf
Last checked: 04/2006 |
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| Author(s): | Hector, Andy;
Hooper, Rowan |
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| Author Affiliation: | Hector: Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College, Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire; Hooper: Wildlife Conservation Research Team, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan |
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| Title: | Darwin and the first ecological experiment |
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| Section: | Perspectives: Ecology
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| Source: | Science. Vol. 295, No. 5555, January 25 2002, p. 639-640. |
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| Publishing Information: | New York: AAAS |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Grass gardens; Biodiversity
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| Facility Names: | Woburn Abbey, in Bedfordshire, England |
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| Subjects' Names: | Darwin, Charles; Sinclair, George |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Posits that early grass garden experimental work conducted by George Sinclair at Woburn Abbey in the early 1800's, which influenced Darwin's perspective that more diverse communities are more productive, as well as his 'principle of divergence,' both as reported in his The Origin of Species, in fact also constitutes, "the world's first ecological experiment." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 14 |
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| See Also: | See also related book, Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis, by George Sinclair, published in various editions, originally in 1816, see R=110399. R=110399
See also related article, "On cultivating a collection of grasses in pleasure-grounds or flower-gardens", The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement (Louden's Gardener's Magazine), 1(1&2), p. 26-29, 112-116, R=110339. R=110339
See also discussion piece about this issue in historical context, "Charles Darwin and Biodiversity", R=110352. R=110352 |
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| Note: | Pictures, b/w
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| Quotable quotes | "In addition to its historical importance as the source of the intellectual link between biodiversity and ecosystem biology frist made by Darwin, the research from the forgotten grass garden at Woburn Abbey predates all other ecological experiments that we know of. Although "ecology" was not coined by Haeckel until 1866, we think that the work at Woburn may be seen retrospectively as the world's first ecological experiment." p. 640 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Hector, A., and R. Hooper. 2002. Darwin and the first ecological experiment. Sci. 295(5555):p. 639-640. |
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