Paul Gordon Jarvis
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23 May 1935
- University of Oxford (BA)
- University of Sheffield (PhD)
- Uppsala University (PhD)
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| Born | Paul Gordon Jarvis 23 May 1935 |
| Died | 5 February 2013 (aged 77)[1] |
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| Spouse | Margaret[1] |
| Children | Three[1] |
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Paul Gordon Jarvis (23 May 1935 – 5 February 2013) FRS FRSE[2][3] was a leading ecologist and Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Edinburgh from 1975 to 2001.[4][5][6][7][8][1]
Jarvis was educated at Oriel College, Oxford graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Botany in 1957.[9] He went to graduate school at the University of Sheffield where he was awarded a PhD in 1960 for research on the growth and regeneration of Irish oak Quercus petraea.[10] Funded by a NATO scholarship, he moved to Uppsala University where he was awarded a second doctorate in plant physiology in 1963.[11]
Career and research
In 1964 he moved to Australia, where he did postdoctoral research at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). He returned to the United Kingdom in 1966, where he worked at the University of Aberdeen for nine years until 1975, and then at the University of Edinburgh for twenty six years where he was a Professor until his retirement in 2001.[12]
Jarvis research interests were in plant ecology and plant physiology.[13][14][15] He demonstrated the link between forests and the atmosphere using novel techniques for measuring leaf water potential and stomatal conductance.[4][5][16] He is the author, co-author or editor of several textbooks and monographs including The carbon balance of forest biomes[17] with Howard Griffiths.
