Elton's Ecologists Format: Paperback

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

A History of the Bureau of Animal Population.Peter Crowcroft has written an anecdotal, informal history of the Bureau of Animal Population from its founding by Elton in 1932 to its demise when Elton retired in 1967. Himself a graduate of the Bureau, Crowcroft brings an insider's knowledge to his subject. He discusses relations between students and faculty, the Bureau's efforts to acquire funding and permanence, its unique library holdings, and its contributions of new ideas and trends in animal ecology.