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5451
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  • 1984 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

John L. Harper is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the arts and humanities, with a focus on history, classics, and sociology and political science. The subfields in which they have made contributions include history and classics.

Their work intersects several main topics including medieval literature and history, historical studies of the British Isles, reformation and early modern Christianity, and Italian fascism and post-war society.

Harper's publications have appeared notably in the following venues:

  • Survival
  • Cold War History
  • European Journal of Public Health

Key recent papers by John L. Harper include:

  • "Nixon in China, February 1972: Revisiting the 'Week that Changed the World'" (2022, Survival)
  • "Il 'lodo Moro': terrorismo e ragion di stato, 1969-1986" [The 'lodo Moro': terrorism and reason of state, 1969-1986] (2022, Cold War History)
  • "Seeking the Essential Kennan" (2023, Survival)

Frequent coauthors with whom Harper has published include Jonathan Adamthwaite, Nidal Farhan AL Deek, Hanan Alhusainan, Robert J. Allen, and Rebecca S. Ayers.

In 1984, Harper was named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Ecology: Individuals Populations and Communities

    Michael Begon;John L. Harper;Colin R. Townsend

  • Population Biology of Plants

    John L. Harper

  • Ecology: From Individuals to Ecosystems

    Michael Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities.

    Aulay MacKenzie;M. Begon;J. L. Harper;C. R. Townsend

  • The Shapes and Sizes of Seeds

    J. L. Harper;P. H. Lovell;K. G. Moore

  • The Demography of Plants

    J. L. Harper;J. White

  • A Darwinian Approach to Plant Ecology

    J. L. Harper

  • The Behaviour of Seeds in Soil: I. The Heterogeneity of Soil surfaces and its Role in Determining the Establishment of Plants from Seed

    J. L. Harper;J. T. Williams;G. R. Sagar

  • OCCUPATION OF BIOLOGICAL SPACE DURING SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT

    M. A. Ross;John L. Harper

  • Essentials of Ecology

    Colin R. Townsend;Michael Begon;John L. Harper

  • CORRELATED CHANGES IN PLANT SIZE AND NUMBER IN PLANT POPULATIONS

    J. White;J. L. Harper

  • The reproduc-tive strategy of higher plants. 1. The concept of strategy with special reference to Senecio vulgaris L.

    John L. Harper;John Ogden

  • Resource Competition and Community Structure.

    J. L. Harper;D. Tilman

  • INTERFERENCE IN DUNE ANNUALS: SPATIAL PATTERN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD EFFECTS

    Richard N. Mack;John L. Harper

  • The role of predation in vegetational diversity.

    Harper Jl

  • Biodiversity: Measurement and Estimation

    John Lander Harper;David L. Hawksworth

  • Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems. 4th edition

    Michael. Begon;Colin R. Townsend;John L. Harper

  • Ecology: Individuals, Populations and Communities, 3rd edn.

    A. J. Willis;M. Begon;J. L. Harper;C. R. Townsend

  • Population Biology of Plants.

    Brian Trenbath;J. L. Harper

  • Population Biology of Plants.

    Otto T. Solbrig;J. L. Harper

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin R. Townsend
Colin R. Townsend University of Otago
Michael Begon
Michael Begon University of Liverpool
Jonathan Silvertown
Jonathan Silvertown University of Edinburgh
Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University
Bernhard Schmid
Bernhard Schmid University of Zurich
Roy Turkington
Roy Turkington University of British Columbia
Mark Jones
Mark Jones Bond University
David L. Hawksworth
David L. Hawksworth Royal Botanic Gardens
David Tilman
David Tilman University of Minnesota
Richard Mithen
Richard Mithen University of Auckland

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