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Tim C Whitmore, MA PhD ScD Cambridge D (Hon) Toulouse, Ehime (Deceased)
Tropical botanist whose interests covered all aspects of tropical rain forests.
Biography
Career:
- 1960-1963: Fellow St John's College
- 1960-1962: Lecturer Southampton University
- 1962-1965: Government forest botanist British Solomon Islands
- 1965-1972: Colombo Plan forest botanist, Forest Research Institute, Kepong, Malaysia
- 1972-1974: St John's College
- 1974-1976: Principal research Fellow, London Natural History Museum
- 1974-1989: Senior University research officer, Oxford Forestry Institute
- 1990-2002: Department of Geography, University of Cambridge.
Qualifications
- M.A. 1960, Ph.D. 1961, Sc.D. 1977 Cambridge
- M.A., D.Sc. 1978 by incorporation Oxford
- Hon.Dr. Ehime, Japan 1992
- Dr Hon.Causa Toulouse, France 1998
- Dr Hon.Causa in process, Vienna 2001
- Member: Malayan Nature Society (past President), British Ecological Society
Publications
Selected publications:
- Whitmore, T.C. (1998). A pantropical perspective on the ecology that underpins management of tropical secondary rain forests. In Ecology and management of tropical secondary forest. eds. Guarigueta, M.R. & Finegan, B. CATIE, Turrialba.
- Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Arguments on the forest frontier. Biodiversity & Conservation 8, 865-8.
- Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Ecological characteristics and environmental functions of tropical rain forests. In Regional seminar on forests of the humid tropics of south and southeast Asia. Colombo. pp 57-68.
- Whitmore, T.C. (1999). The new forestry. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14, 500-1.
- Burslem, D.F.R.P. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999) Species diversity, susceptibility to disturbance and tree population dynamics in tropical rain forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 10, 767-76.
- Newman, M.F., Burgess, P.F. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Pedoman identifikasi pohon-pohon Dipterocarpaceae, Pulau Kalimantan. Prosea, Bogor.
- Newman, M.F., Burgess, P.F. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Pedoman identifikasi pohon-pohon Dipterocarpaceae, Sumatera. Prosea, Bogor.
- Newman, M.F., Burgess, P.F. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Pedoman identifikasi pohon-pohon Dipterocarpaceae, Jawa sampai Niugini.Prosea, Bogor.
- Newman, M.F., Burgess, P.F. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Foresters' CD-ROM Manual of Malesian Dipterocarps. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Whitmore, T.C. (2000). Madagascan deforestation rate during 1980s. In Lourenço, W.R. & Goodman, S.M. (eds) Diversité et endémisme à Madagascar. p.125. Mémoires de la Société de Biogéographie, Paris.
- Whitmore, T.C. (2000). Biodiversity. New Scientist p.57, 11 March 2000.
- Whitmore, T.C. (2000). The case of tropical rain forests. The sustainable development of forests: aspirations and the reality. Naturzale 15, 13-5.
- Jennings, S., Brown, N.D., Whitmore, T.C., Silva, J.N.M., Lopes, do C.A. & Baima, A.M.V. (2000). To conserve rainforests, we have to help local people live sustainably. Nature 405, 507.
- Blasco, F., Whitmore, T.C. & Gers, C. (2000). A framework for the worldwide comparison of tropical woody vegetation types. Biological Conservation 95, 175-89.
- Burslem, D.F.R.P, Whitmore, T.C. & Brown, G.C. (2000). Short-term effects of cyclone impact and long-term recovery of tropical rain forest on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. Journal of Ecology 88, 1063-78.
External activities
- Whitmore, T.C. (1998). A pantropical perspective on the ecology that underpins management of tropical secondary rain forests. In Ecology and management of tropical secondary forest. eds. Guarigueta, M.R. & Finegan, B. CATIE, Turrialba.
- Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Arguments on the forest frontier. Biodiversity & Conservation 8, 865-8.
- Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Ecological characteristics and environmental functions of tropical rain forests. In Regional seminar on forests of the humid tropics of south and southeast Asia. Colombo. pp 57-68.
- Whitmore, T.C. (1999). The new forestry. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14, 500-1.
- Burslem, D.F.R.P. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999) Species diversity, susceptibility to disturbance and tree population dynamics in tropical rain forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 10, 767-76.
- Newman, M.F., Burgess, P.F. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Pedoman identifikasi pohon-pohon Dipterocarpaceae, Pulau Kalimantan. Prosea, Bogor.
- Newman, M.F., Burgess, P.F. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Pedoman identifikasi pohon-pohon Dipterocarpaceae, Sumatera. Prosea, Bogor.
- Newman, M.F., Burgess, P.F. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Pedoman identifikasi pohon-pohon Dipterocarpaceae, Jawa sampai Niugini.Prosea, Bogor.
- Newman, M.F., Burgess, P.F. & Whitmore, T.C. (1999). Foresters' CD-ROM Manual of Malesian Dipterocarps. Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh.
- Whitmore, T.C. (2000). Madagascan deforestation rate during 1980s. In Lourenço, W.R. & Goodman, S.M. (eds) Diversité et endémisme à Madagascar. p.125. Mémoires de la Société de Biogéographie, Paris.
- Whitmore, T.C. (2000). Biodiversity. New Scientist p.57, 11 March 2000.
- Whitmore, T.C. (2000). The case of tropical rain forests. The sustainable development of forests: aspirations and the reality. Naturzale 15, 13-5.
- Jennings, S., Brown, N.D., Whitmore, T.C., Silva, J.N.M., Lopes, do C.A. & Baima, A.M.V. (2000). To conserve rainforests, we have to help local people live sustainably. Nature 405, 507.
- Blasco, F., Whitmore, T.C. & Gers, C. (2000). A framework for the worldwide comparison of tropical woody vegetation types. Biological Conservation 95, 175-89.
- Burslem, D.F.R.P, Whitmore, T.C. & Brown, G.C. (2000). Short-term effects of cyclone impact and long-term recovery of tropical rain forest on Kolombangara, Solomon Islands. Journal of Ecology 88, 1063-78.