- Eric Charnov
Eric L. Charnov(born Oct 29, 1947 ) is an American theoretical ecologist at the
University of New Mexico . He is best known for his work onforaging , especially themarginal value theorem , andlife history theory , especiallysex allocation and scaling/allometric rules. 15 of his publications have been cited at least 250 times and three have been cited over 1450 times. He was made aMacArthur Fellow in 1997 [ [http://www.macfound.org/site/c.lkLXJ8MQKrH/b.1139461/k.9375/Fellows_List__C.htm Fellows List] at www.macfound.org] .Charnov gained his PhD in evolutionary ecology from the
University of Washington in 1973. He has been a Distinguished Professor of Biology at theUniversity of New Mexico since 1998.He lists his research interests as:
Metabolic ecology : temperature and body size in the determination of biological times and rates;Evolutionary ecology :population genetics , [evolutionary]game theory , and optimization models to understand the evolution of life histories,kin selection ,communication ,sex allocation ,sexual selection , andforaging decisions.Bibliography
* Charnov, E.L. 1993. Life History Invariants. Oxford University Press, 167 pp.
* Charnov, E.L. 1982. The Theory of Sex Allocation. Princeton University Press, 355 ppReferences
External links
* http://biology.unm.edu/people/charnov.html
* http://biology.unm.edu/people/ELC-Web-CV.pdf
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