Terborgh, John W.

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TERBORGH, John W.

TERBORGH, John W. American, b. 1936. Genres: Environmental sciences/Ecology. Career: Tyco Labs Inc., staff scientist, 1963-1965; University of Maryland, assistant professor of botany, 1965-1971; Princeton University, associate professor, professor of biology, 1971-1989; Ruth F. Devarney, professor, 1989-1993; Center for Tropical Conservation, director, 1991-1996, codirector, 1996-; Duke University, professor of natural science, 1993-. Publications: Five New World Primates: A Study in Comparative Ecology, 1983; (with J.W. Fitzpatrick and L. Emmons) Annotated Checklist of Bird and Mammal Species of Cocha Cashu Biological Station, Manu National Park, Peru, 1984; Where Have All the Birds Gone?: Essays on the Biology and Conservation of Birds that Migrate to the American Tropics, 1989; Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest, 1992; (ed., with M.E. Soule) Continental Conservation: Scientific Foundations of Regional Reserve Networks, 1999; Requiem for Nature, 1999; (ed., with C. Van Schaik and L. Davenport) Making Parks Work: Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature, 2002. Address: Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, PO Box 90381, Durham, NC 27708, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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