OBITUARIES: Richard Haven Backus (1922-2012)

OBITUARIES: Richard Haven Backus (1922-2012)

An accomplished naturalist, he also published interesting and 'amusing' papers on birds (1954), bats (1956), sharks (1956, 1957, 1960), whales (1961, 1964, 1966), and other animals he encountered at sea. Retiring from WHOI in 1988, Dick returned to his botanical interests, working to devel...

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Veröffentlicht in:Copeia 2013-03 (1), p.173
Hauptverfasser: Backus, Edward H, Collette, Bruce B
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biology
Flowers & plants
Sharks
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:An accomplished naturalist, he also published interesting and 'amusing' papers on birds (1954), bats (1956), sharks (1956, 1957, 1960), whales (1961, 1964, 1966), and other animals he encountered at sea. Retiring from WHOI in 1988, Dick returned to his botanical interests, working to develop a comprehensive plant list for Barnstable County and acting as Curator of the Gray Herbarium at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.
ISSN:2766-1512
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