Botkin, Daniel B.
BOTKIN, Daniel B.
BOTKIN, Daniel B. American, b. 1937. Genres: Agriculture/Forestry, Environmental sciences/Ecology. Career: U.S. Peace Corps, Washington, DC, volunteer, 1962-63; Worldwide Medical News Service, NYC, science writer, 1964; Yale University, New Haven, CT, professor of forestry, 1968-75; Ecosystems Center, Woods Hole, MA, research scientist, 1975-78; University of California, Santa Barbara, professor of biology and environmental studies, 1978-94, research professor, 1999-; Center for the Study of the Environment, President, 1992-; George Mason University, Professor of Biology and Director of Program on Global Change, 1994-99. Publications: (with E.A. Keller) Environmental Studies, 1982, 2nd ed., 1987; Discordant Harmonies: A New Ecology for the 21st Century, 1990; Forest Dynamics: An Ecological Model, 1993; Environmental Sciences, 1995, 3rd ed., 1999; Our Natural History: Lessons from Lewis & Clark, 1996; Passage of Discovery: The American Rivers Guide to the Missouri River of Lewis and Clark, 1999; No Man's Garden: Thoreau and a New Vision for Civilization and Nature, 2003; Strange Encounters: Adventures of a Renegade Naturalist, 2003. EDITOR: (with West and Shugart) Forest Succession, 1981; (with Caswell, Estes, and Orio) Changing the Global Environment, 1989. Address: 245 8th Ave #270, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A. Online address: danielbotkin@rcn.com