Solbrig, Otto Thomas

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SOLBRIG, Otto Thomas

SOLBRIG, Otto Thomas. American (born Argentina), b. 1930. Genres: Environmental sciences/Ecology, Biology, Botany. Career: Bussey Professor of Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1984 (Professor of Biology, 1969-84; Supervisor of the Bussey Institute and Director of the Gray Herbarium, 1978-84). Professor of Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1966-69. Publications: Evolution and Systematics, 1966; Principles and Methods of Plant Biosystematics, 1969; (with T. Gadella) Biosystematic Literature; (with G. Orians) Convergent Evolution in Warm Deserts; (with D.J. Solbrig) Introduction to Population, Biology and Evolution; Topics in Plant Population Biology, 1979; Demography and Evolution in Plant Populations, 1980; (trans.) The Ecology of Neotropical Savanas, by Guillermo Sarmiento, 1984; From Genes to Ecosystems: A Research Agenda for Biodiversity, 1991; (with G. Nicolis) Perspectives on Bioilogical Complexity, 1991; (with H. Van Einden and P. van Oordt) Biodiversity and Global Change, 1992; (with M.D. Young) The World's Savannas, 1993; (with D.J. Solbrig) So Shall You Reap, 1994; (with E. Medina and J. F. Silva) Biodiversity and Savanna Ecosystem Processes: A Global Perspective, 1996; (with L. Vainesman) Hacia Una Agricultura Productiva y Sostenible en la Pampa, 1998. Address: 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]