Author: Charles S. Elton

Charles S. Elton (1900 – 1991) is widely considered the founder of animal ecology. He established and led Oxford University’s Bureau of Animal Population, responsible for training zoologists from around the world. His scientific legacy, of which Ecology of Invasions is a major part, has influenced generations of biologists. Daniel Simberloff is the Nancy Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Tennessee, member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Biological Invasions. Anthony Ricciardi is Professor of Biology in the Redpath Museum and Mc Gill School of Environment, and a Trottier Fellow in Science and Public Policy, at Mc Gill University.  He has served on the editorial boards of the journals Biological Invasions, Diversity and Distributions, and Neo Biota.