John Lander Harper CBE FRS (born May 27, 1925) is a British biologist, specializing in ecology and plant population biology. He has authored several textbooks on ecology and population biology.

He served as president of the British Ecological Society (1967) and of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (1993-1995).

He was the Darwin Medal recipient for 1990.

The British Ecological Society awards the John L. Harper Young Investigator's prize annually to the best paper in Journal of Ecology by a young author.^[1] He is a member of the British Humanist Association.^[2]

Publications

Ecology text book

• 2006 - Ecology: from individuals to ecosystems (4th edition) with Michael Begon and Colin R. Townsend ISBN 1405111178 (formerly known as Ecology: individuals, populations and communities, three editions (1986, 1990 and 1996), with Michael Begon and Colin R. Townsend ISBN 0632038012 (1996 edition))
• 2003 - Essentials of Ecology (2nd edition) with Michael Begon and Colin R. Townsend ISBN 1405103280

Scholarly books

• 1997 - Plant life histories : ecology, phylogeny, and evolution, Editor ISBN 0521574951
• 1977 - Population biology of plants ISBN 0123258502

Selected highly cited scientific papers

• Harper, J.L., J.T. Williams & G.R. Sagar (1965) ''The Behaviour of Seeds in Soil: I. The Heterogeneity of Soil surfaces and its Role in Determining the Establishment of Plants from Seed''. Journal of Ecology 53 (2): 273-286. JStor
• J.L. Harper (1967) ''A Darwinian Approach to Plant Ecology''. Journal of Ecology 55 (2): 247-270. JStor
• White, James & J.L. Harper (1970) ''Correlated Changes in Plant Size and Number in Plant Populations'' Journal of Ecology 58 (2): 467-485. JStor
• Harper, John L. & John Ogden (1970) ''The Reproductive Strategy of Higher Plants: I. The Concept of Strategy with Special Reference to'' Senecio vulgaris L. Journal of Ecology 58 (3): 681-698. JStor
• Ross, M.A. & John L. Harper (1972) ''Occupation of Biological Space During Seedling Establishment''. Journal of Ecology 60 (1): 77-88. JStor

References

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