Southwood, (Sir) (Thomas) Richard (Edmund)

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SOUTHWOOD, (Sir) (Thomas) Richard (Edmund)

SOUTHWOOD, (Sir) (Thomas) Richard (Edmund). British, b. 1931. Genres: Environmental sciences/Ecology, Zoology. Career: Professor of Zoology, 1979-, Vice-Chancellor, 1989-94, Oxford University. Ed., Entomologists Monthly mag., 1962-, Entomologist's Gazette, 1970-, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 1979-, International Journal of Environmental Law, 1988-, Polish Journal of Environmental Sciences, 1996-. Dean, Royal College of Science, 1971-72; Professor of Zoology, University of London, 1967-79. Ed., Field Studies, 1959-69, Oecologia, 1985-89, Acta Oecologica, 1989-97; President, British Ecological Society, 1976-78; General Ed., Arnold's Resources and Environmental Science Series, 1977-86; Delegate, Oxford University Press, 1980-94; Chairman, Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 1981-86; President, Royal Entomological Society, 1983; Chairman, National Radiological Protection Board, 1986-96. Publications: (with D. Leston) Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, 1959; Life of the Wayside and Woodland, 1963; Ecological Methods, 1966, rev. ed., 2000; (with D. Strong and J. L. Lawton) Insect Communities on Plants, 1982; The Story of Life, 2003. EDITOR: Insect Abundance, 1968; (with B. Juniper) Insects and the Plant Surface, 1986; (with R.R. Jones) Radiation and Health, 1987; (with A. Bradshaw and F. Warner) The Treatment and Handling of Wastes, 1992. Address: Merton College, Oxford, England.

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