Joseph Grinnell

Joseph Grinnell

Joseph Grinnell (1877 - 1939) was a field biologist and zoologist. He made extensive studies of the fauna of California, and is credited with introducing the concept of the ecological niche. In 1906 he was made the first director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley.


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