Arturo Gómez Pompa, Mexican botanist and ecologist (Ciudad de Mexico 21 October 1934 – Regarded as world authority on ecology of tropical forests, studying their mechanisms of regeneration Developed a method for studying ecology in tropical areas Un método para el estúdio ecológico en regiones tropicales. Mem. Congr. Mex. Botanica (1963) Authored a paper became a classical With S. Guevara & C. Vazquez Yanes. The tropical rain forest: a non-renewable resource. Science (1972)
Developed a botanical database using computers for storage and organization of the information independently of Theodore Crovetto in United States (1967) DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES Diospyros riojae 1964 Hydrangea nebulicola 1968 with Nevling Hymenophyllum saenzianum 1970 Isoetes tryoniana 1970 Polypodium rodriguezianum 1970 Robinsonella mirandae 1962 Thelypteris villana 1970 Yucca lacandonica 1962 with Valdes HONOURS Golden Ark Medal (1984) Tyler Prize for Environment (1994) Chevron Medal |
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