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He also shared Leopold's vision for using the UW Arboretum as a laboratory to restore Wisconsin's natural plant communities (rather than the usual collection of trees).

John Curtis standing in the UW Botany Greenhouses
John Curtis at UW Botany Greenhouses
The 36 acre Curtis prairie there stands as the oldest restored prairie in the world. Curtis also collaborated with other nationally recognized figures including Henry Gleason, Paul Sears (Fig. 1), Stanley Cain, and others. Thus, the PEL's initial growth and impact clearly reflects the many talents of several students and colleagues as well as the determination and leadership of John T. Curtis.

Orie L. Loucks
Ph.D, 1960, Univ. of Wisconsin

References

Burgess, R. L. 1993. J. T. Curtis: botanist, ecologist, conservationist. In Fifty years of Wisconsin plant ecology, ed. J. S. Fralish, R. P. McIntosh, and O. L. Loucks, 1-43. Madison: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.

Cottam, G. 1993. The n-dimensional niche of John T. Curtis. In Fifty years of Wisconsin plant ecology, ed. J. S. Fralish, R. P. McIntosh, and O. L. Loucks, 45-50. Madison: Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters.

Curtis, J. T. 1947. The Palo Verde forest type near Gonaives, Haiti, and its relation to surrounding vegetation, Caribbean Forester 8(1):1-13.

Curtis, J. T. 1956. The modification of mid-latitude grasslands and forests by man. Pages 721-736 in W. L. Thomas, editor. Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth. Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL.

Gleason, H. A. 1926. The individualistic concept of the plant association. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 53:7-26.

Leopold, A. 1949. A Sand County Almanac and sketches here and there. Oxford Univ. Press, New York.

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