Eric L. Charnov (born October 29, 1947) is an American
evolutionary ecologist. He is best known for his work on
foraging, especially the
marginal value theorem, and
life history theory, especially
sex allocation and scaling/allometric rules. He is a
MacArthur Fellow and a Fellow of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Three of his papers are Science Citation Classics.
Charnov gained his B.S. in 1969 from the
University of Michigan and his PhD in evolutionary ecology from the
University of Washington in 1973. He is a Distinguished Professor (Emeritus) of Biology at the
University of New Mexico and the
University of Utah.
His research interests are:
metabolic ecology (temperature and body size in the determination of biological times and rates),
evolutionary ecology (
population genetics),
evolutionary game theory, and optimization models to understand the evolution of
life histories,
sex allocation,
sexual selection, and
foraging decisions.
Bibliography
* Charnov, E.L. 1993. Life History Invariants. Oxford University Press, 167 pp.
* Charnov, E.L. 1982. The Theory of Sex Allocation. Princeton University Press, 355 pp.
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