Elton's Ecologists: A History of the Bureau of Animal Population »

From its creation by Charles Elton in 1932 to its demise when he retired in 1967, the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford was a mecca for ecologists from around the world. Crowcroft provides an anecdotal history of this small research institute that so strongly influenced the development of modern animal ecology.

"[This] is a very good account of the work and personal interactions of a group that played an important part in the development of animal ecology in the period 1930-60."—John Krebs, TREE

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For 35 years, the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford U., created and led by Charles Elton, exerted a tremendous influence on the development of the science of animal ecology. Crowcroft presents an anecdotal, informal history of the Bureau from its founding by Elton in 1932 to its demise when Elton retired in 1967. With 39 b&w photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Foreword by Thomas Park
Preface
1. The Birth of the Bureau
2. The Early Years: 1932-1938
3. The War Against Waste: 1939-1945
4. In a College Garden: 1947-1951
5. In a Botanic Garden: 1952-1967
6. In Wytham Woods
7. The End of the Bureau
8. The Bureau Experience
Appendix 1: List of Staff and Principal Visitors
Appendix 2: List of Doctoral Theses
Appendix 3: List of Summer Students
Appendix 4: Elton's Diary of Events for 1949-1952
References
Index