Organized Oral Session 34. Disturbance Ecology, Biogeochemistry and Resilience: Three Decades of Inquiry

OOS 11: Intellectual Communities and Iconic Places in the Development of American Ecology

“…Why is the study of disciplinary history important? Thoughtful answers to this question have been presented by authors of similar synopses (Werner 1991, Ellison 2006, Chew 2009, Smithwick 2010). For all branches of science, the history of ideas is crucial to advance that science.…”