2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2008 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2006 - Member of Academia Europaea
2006 - Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology, Generalitat de Catalunya
2004 - Japan Prize for observational, experimental and theoretical achievements for the scientific understanding and conservation of Biodiversity.
1998 - Frink Medal, Zoological Society of London
1997 - Marsh Award for Ecology, British Ecological Society
1989 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
President’s Medal, British Ecological Society
John H. Lawton spends much of his time researching Ecology, Species richness, Ecosystem, Habitat and Biodiversity. His study in Interspecific competition, Abundance, Range, Trophic level and Predation is done as part of Ecology. His Species richness research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Grassland and Diversity.
His work on Ecosystem diversity, Terrestrial ecosystem and Ecosystem engineer as part of his general Ecosystem study is frequently connected to Environmental economics, thereby bridging the divide between different branches of science. His Habitat research includes elements of Taxonomic rank, Secondary forest and Species diversity. His Biodiversity research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Extinction, Canopy, Environmental resource management, Invertebrate and Ecological network.
John H. Lawton mostly deals with Ecology, Species richness, Ecology, Ecosystem and Herbivore. His study in Abundance, Predation, Biodiversity, Habitat and Range is carried out as part of his studies in Ecology. His Predation research integrates issues from Zoology and Competition.
His studies in Species richness integrate themes in fields like Secondary forest and Species diversity. He studies Ecosystem diversity, a branch of Ecosystem. John H. Lawton has researched Herbivore in several fields, including Bracken and Insect.
John H. Lawton mainly focuses on Ecology, Biodiversity, Species richness, Ecosystem and Abundance. His Ecology study often links to related topics such as Extinction. His Biodiversity study incorporates themes from Invertebrate, Conservation biology, Environmental resource management and Environmental planning.
His Species richness research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Secondary forest and Zoogeography, Biogeography. The Ecosystem diversity research John H. Lawton does as part of his general Ecosystem study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Carbon sequestration, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science. His Abundance study combines topics in areas such as Insect, Herbivore, Occupancy and Interspecific competition.
His primary areas of investigation include Ecology, Species richness, Biodiversity, Habitat and Extinction. Many of his research projects under Ecology are closely connected to Environmental research and Rank with Environmental research and Rank, tying the diverse disciplines of science together. His studies deal with areas such as Productivity and Grassland as well as Species richness.
The concepts of his Biodiversity study are interwoven with issues in Invertebrate and Ecosystem. His study in Habitat is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Fragmentation and Species diversity. His Extinction research incorporates themes from Population density and Introduced species.
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EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE
D. U. Hooper;F. S. Chapin;J. J. Ewel;A. Hector.
Ecological Monographs (2005)
Organisms as ecosystem engineers
Clive G. Jones;John H. Lawton;Moshe Shachak.
Oikos (1994)
INSECTS ON PLANTS. COMMUNITY PATTERNS AND MECHANISMS.
D. R. Strong;J. H. Lawton;Sir R. Southwood.
(1984)
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ORGANISMS AS PHYSICAL ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS
Clive G. Jones;John H. Lawton;Moshe Shachak.
Ecology (1997)
Declining biodiversity can alter the performance of ecosystems
Shahid Naeem;Lindsey J. Thompson;Sharon P. Lawler;John H. Lawton.
Nature (1994)
Plant diversity and productivity experiments in european grasslands
A. Hector;Bernhard Schmid;Carl Beierkuhnlein;M. C. Caldeira.
Science (1999)
Are there general laws in ecology
John H. Lawton.
Oikos (1999)
Biotic Control over the Functioning of Ecosystems
F. Stuart Chapin;Brian H. Walker;Richard J. Hobbs;David U. Hooper.
Science (1997)
Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest
J. H. Lawton;D. E. Bignell;B. Bolton;G. F. Bloemers;G. F. Bloemers;G. F. Bloemers.
Nature (1998)
Rare species, the coincidence of diversity hotspots and conservation strategies
J. R. Prendergast;R. M. Quinn;J. H. Lawton;B. C. Eversham.
Nature (1993)
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