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.