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Odum School of Ecology - the world’s first stand-alone college of ecology, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.īefore lead was banned from gasoline, before Rachel Carson published Silent Spring about the dangers of pesticides and before the U.S. He is lionized throughout s­cience as the father of modern ecology and recognized by the University of Georgia as the founder of what became the ­ Eugene P. That night, he began writing a guiding set of principles that would ultimately serve as the foundation for the discipline’s first textbook. Odum stormed out of the room but was not deterred. His fellow scientists looked at him and laughed. In a meeting with his colleagues, Odum suggested that his ecology class be required of all new biology majors. Odum, then a young associate professor in the University of Georgia’s biology department, had taught a course on ecology for several semesters and was passionate about the subject. Contemporary and engaging, this text brings clarity and specificity to the study of ecology in the twenty-first century.Editor’s Note: This is the second story in a new series, called Georgia Groundbreakers, that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia - and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.Įugene Odum was not given to fits of anger, but this time he was furious.

Also, a final chapter entitled "Statistical Thinking for Students of Ecology" provides a quantitative synthesis to the field of statistics. In keeping with a greater temporal/spatial approach to ecology, new chapters in landscape ecology, regional ecology, and global ecology have been added building on the levels-of-organization hierarchy.

The text retains its classic holistic approach to ecosystem science, but incorporates and integrates an evolutionary approach as well. This Fifth Edition of FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY is co-authored by Odum's protege Gary Barrett and represents the last academic text Odum produced. FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY was first published in 1953 and was the vehicle Odum used to educate a wide audience about ecological science.

The late Eugene Odum was a pioneer in systems ecology and is credited with bringing ecosystems into the mainstream public consciousness as well as into introductory college instruction.