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Robert T. Paine
American zoologist (1933-2016) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 83
Robert Treat Paine III was an American ecologist who spent most of his career at the University of Washington. Paine coined the keystone species concept to explain the relationship between Pisaster ochraceus, a species of starfish, and Mytilus californianus, a species of mussel.
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2016Died13 June 20162013International Cosmos PrizeAward2012Fellow of the Ecological Society of AmericaAward2000Eminent Ecologist AwardAward1996ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological SciencesAward1989ECI PrizeAward1983Robert H. MacArthur AwardAward1933Born13 April 1933
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Status
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Lived 1933 to 2016 · aged 83
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Simon A. LevinBoth received Robert H. MacArthur Award
Joseph FelsensteinBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
Linda PartridgeBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological SciencesJames H. BrownBoth received Robert H. MacArthur Award
May R. BerenbaumBoth received Robert H. MacArthur AwardMary Jane West-EberhardBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences
Joseph FelsensteinBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological SciencesLinda PartridgeBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological SciencesJames H. BrownBoth received Robert H. MacArthur AwardMay R. BerenbaumBoth received Robert H. MacArthur AwardMary Jane West-EberhardBoth received ASN Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Conceptual Unification of the Biological Sciences