In Memoriam: Bertram George Murray, Jr., 1933–2010

Bert Murray, 1933-2010 (Photograph taken in Kenya by Patti Murray, date unknown.) Bert Murray (né Kusanobu), Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rutgers University and a Fellow of the AOU (1977), was widely recognized for his original approaches to biology and persistent challenges to c...

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Published in:The Auk 2011-04, Vol.128 (2), p.426-428
Main Author: Jehl, Joseph R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Demography
Ecologists
Ecology
Evolution
Evolutionary biology
MEMORIALS
Philosophy
Population biology
Science
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Summary:Bert Murray, 1933-2010 (Photograph taken in Kenya by Patti Murray, date unknown.) Bert Murray (né Kusanobu), Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rutgers University and a Fellow of the AOU (1977), was widely recognized for his original approaches to biology and persistent challenges to conventional ideas in demography and population biology. [...] he began to approach problems theoretically, by employing the fewest assumptions necessary to deduce general principles (or laws) from which concrete predictions could be made.
ISSN:0004-8038
1938-4254
2732-4613
DOI:10.1525/auk.2011.128.2.426