COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes correspondence, subject files and research focused on community ecology with special reference to the structure and evolution of insect-plant associations, evolutionary ecology, population dynamics, and dispersal of phytophagous insects and Root's career in the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Includes research notes on goldenrods, mowed grids and the Cayuga Survey.
Dates
- 1957-2008.
Creator
- Root, Richard (Person)
- Cayuga Survey (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Root was emeritus professor in the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He received his B.S. in 1958 from the University of Michigan and his Ph.D. in 1964 from the University of California, Berkeley.
Extent
15.4 cubic feet. (15.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Includes correspondence, subject files and research focused on community ecology with special reference to the structure and evolution of insect-plant associations, evolutionary ecology, population dynamics, and dispersal of phytophagous insects and Root's career in the Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.
Physical Description
Correspondence, research materials,
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- RMC Staff
- Date completed:
- July 2014
- EAD encoding:
- Eileen Keating, July 2014
- Date modified:
- RMC Staff, November 2014
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by RMC Staff
- Date
- June 2014
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu