Carl Barton Huffaker
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Carl Barton Huffaker was an American biologist
, ecologist and agricultural
entomologist.
Huffaker graduated from the University of Tennessee
(1938 B.S., 1939 M.S.) then gaining a Ph.D. from Ohio State University
in 1942. After working as a medical entomologist in Colombia
, Haiti
, and the Dominican Republic
he was recruited by the Division of Biological Control of the University of California
. He remained at Berkeley until his retirement in 1984.
He published more than 200 scientific papers and edited and contributed to books “citation classics” in population ecology, biological control, and integrated pest management. Examples are Theory and Practice of Biological Control (1976) and Ecological Entomology (1984). He also conducted a notable experiment
on predator-prey population dynamics in mites in 1958.
Huffaker was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America
served as its President and was an honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
He was awarded the Louis E. Levy Medal in 1976.
Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
, ecologist and agricultural
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
entomologist.
Huffaker graduated from the University of Tennessee
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States...
(1938 B.S., 1939 M.S.) then gaining a Ph.D. from Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
in 1942. After working as a medical entomologist in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
, and the Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
he was recruited by the Division of Biological Control of the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
. He remained at Berkeley until his retirement in 1984.
He published more than 200 scientific papers and edited and contributed to books “citation classics” in population ecology, biological control, and integrated pest management. Examples are Theory and Practice of Biological Control (1976) and Ecological Entomology (1984). He also conducted a notable experiment
Huffaker's mite experiment
In 1958, Carl B. Huffaker, an ecologist and agricultural entomologist at the University of California, Berkeley, did a series of experiments with predatory and herbivorous mite species to investigate predator-prey population dynamics...
on predator-prey population dynamics in mites in 1958.
Huffaker was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America
Entomological Society of America
The Entomological Society of America was founded in 1889 and today has more than 6,000 members, including educators, extension personnel, consultants, students, researchers, and scientists from agricultural departments, health agencies, private industries, colleges and universities, and state and...
served as its President and was an honorary Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.
He was awarded the Louis E. Levy Medal in 1976.
External links
- Biography at National Academy Press.Includes biography.
- http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/classics1991/A1991EQ24000001.pdf Citation Classic
- Center for Biological Control