Charles Krebs

Charles Krebs
Krebs in 2007
Born
Charles Joseph Krebs

(1936-09-17) 17 September 1936
Alma mater
Known forEcology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance
SpouseAlice
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsPopulation ecology
Institutions
ThesisThe lemming cycle at Baker Lake, N.W.T., during 1959-61 (1962)
Doctoral advisorDennis Chitty
Other academic advisorsIan McTaggart-Cowan
Websitehttp://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~krebs/

Charles Joseph Krebs FRSC FAA FRZS (born 17 September 1936) is a professor emeritus of population ecology in the University of British Columbia Department of Zoology. He is also Thinker-in-residence at the Institute for Applied Ecology at the University of Canberra, Australia. He is renowned for his work on the fence effect, as well as his widely used ecology textbook Ecology: The Experimental Analysis of Distribution and Abundance.