Oliver Payne Pearson
Oliver P. Pearson | |
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June 2001 | |
| Born | Oliver Payne Pearson October 21, 1915 |
| Died | March 4, 2003 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Known for | The rate of metabolism of some small mammals. Ecology 28:127-145 (1947). |
| Awards | Hartley H. T. Jackson Award (1984), Honorary Doctoral Degree, University of La Plata (2000) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mammalogy, Ecology |
| Institutions | UC Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Pearson |
Oliver Payne Pearson (October 21, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 4, 2003, in Walnut Creek, California), or "Paynie" to many that knew him, was an American zoologist and ecologist. Over a very active 50-year career, he served as professor of zoology at UC Berkeley and curator of mammals at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Pearson is best known for his work on the role of predation on vole demography and population cycles, and for his piercing contributions to the biology of South American mammals, but his earlier studies on reproductive and physiological ecology are highly regarded as well.