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C. S. Holling
Crawford Stanley (Buzz) Holling, OC FRSC (born December 6, 1930) is a
C. S. Holling
Canadian ecologist, and Emeritus Eminent Scholar and Professor in Ecological
Sciences at the University of Florida. Holling is one of the conceptual founders of
ecological economics.

Contents
Biography
Work Born December 6, 1930
Literature Theresa, New York

References Nationality Canadian

External links Alma mater University of Toronto
University of British
Columbia
Biography Known for Co-founder of
Crawford Stanley Holling was born in 1930 in the United States to Canadian parents. ecological economics
He grew up in Northern Ontario, which was where he first became interested in Awards Volvo Environment
nature. As a teenager he was a member of the Royal Ontario Museum's Toronto Prize (2008)
Junior Field Naturalists. Order of Canada
(2009)
Holling received his B.A. and M.Sc. at the University of Toronto in 1952 and his
Scientific career
Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia in 1957. He worked for several years in
the Canadian Department of Forestry in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Fields Ecology
Institutions University of Florida
After working for Forestry Canada, Buzz Holling was, at various times, Professor and
Thesis The components of
Director of the Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia,
predation as revealed
Director of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna, and
by a study of
Eminent Scholar, Arthur R. Marshall Jr. Chair in Ecological Sciences in the
predation by small
Department of Zoology at the University of Florida.
mammals of
He retired from the University of Florida in 1999, but remains on the faculty as an Neodiprion sertifer
Emeritus Eminent Scholar. He currently lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia. (Geoff.)
(http://hdl.handle.net
He has been awarded two major awards from the Ecological Society of America, the /2429/40295) (1957)
Mercer Award given to a young scientist in recognition of an outstanding paper in
Doctoral Ian McTaggart-Cowan
ecology in 1966, and the Eminent Ecologist Award for "outstanding contributions to
advisor
the science of Ecology" in 1999. He also received the Kenneth Boulding Memorial
Doctoral Patrick Moore
Prize, in 2000, the Volvo Environment Prize in 2008, an Honorary Doctor of Science
students
from the University of Guelph in 1998, and an Honorary Doctor of Science from the
Simon Fraser University in 2011. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, a foreign Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy
of Sciences, and has been awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. In 2009, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada "for his pioneering contributions to the field of ecology, notably for his work on ecosystem dynamics, resilience
theory and ecological economics".[1]

He was founding editor-in-chief of the open access on-line journal Conservation Ecology, now renamed Ecology and Society. He
was also the founder of the Resilience Alliance, an international science network.

Work

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Throughout his research, C. S. Holling has blended systems theory and ecology with simulation modeling and policy analysis to
develop integrative theories of change that have practical utility. He has introduced important ideas in the application of ecology
and evolution, including resilience, adaptive management, the adaptive cycle, and panarchy.

His early work included major contributions to population and behavioural ecology. Later, he was among the first ecologists to
recognize the importance of nonlinear dynamics. This early work on predation led to a series of papers, including his 1959
Citation Classic paper in the Canadian Entomologist, in which he developed the notion of functional response (the relationship
between prey density and the rate at which prey is eaten), an idea that continues to be a linchpin of modern population ecology.

His 1973 paper on the resilience of ecological systems had a substantial impact within ecology and other natural and social
sciences. He has also contributed important ideas to ecological management, including Adaptive management and the Adaptive
Cycle. More recently his work on the cross-scale structure and dynamics of ecosystems has been highly influential. This work
resulted in the 2002 book Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems.

His work is frequently cited in the fields of ecology, environmental management, ecological economics and the human
dimensions of global change.

Literature
C.S. Holling has edited or co-edited several books:

1978. Adaptive environmental assessment and management. (Editor) London: John Wiley & Sons.
1995. Barriers and bridges to the renewal of ecosystems and institutions. Edited with L. Gunderson and S. Light (editors)
New York, NY: Columbia University Press.[2]
2002. Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems. Edited with L. Gunderson, (editors)
Washington, DC: Island Press.
2008. Discontinuities in Ecosystems and Other Complex Systems. Edited with Craig R. Allen, New York, NY : Columbia
University Press.
2010. Foundations of ecological resilience. L. H. Gunderson, C. R. Allen, and C. S. Holling, (editors): Island Press.
C.S. Holling's most cited articles include:

1959 "The components of predation as revealed by a study of small mammal predation of the European Pine Sawfly". in:
Canadian Entomologist. Vol 91 : 293-320.
1973. "Resilience and stability of ecological systems". in: Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. Vol 4 :1-23.
1978, with D. Ludwig, D. and D.D. Jones. in: "Qualitative analysis of insect outbreak systems". Journal of Animal Ecology.
Vol 47 (1): 315-332.
1990, with C.J. Walters, "Large-scale management experiments and learning by doing", in: Ecology. Vol 71 (6): 2060-2068
1992, "Cross-scale Morphology, geometry, and dynamics of ecosystems". in: Ecological Monographs. Vol 62 (4): 447-502
1996, with G.K. Meffe. "Command and control and the pathology of natural resource management". in: Conservation
Biology. Vol 10 (2): 328-337.

References
1. "Governor General announces 60 new appointments to the Order of Canada" (https://web.archive.org
/web/20090705124004/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5815). July 1, 2009. Archived from the original
(http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=5815) on July 5, 2009.
2. Lees, Susan H. (March 1996). "Review of Barriers and Bridges to the Renewal of Ecosystems and Institutions edited by
Lance H. Gunderson, C. S. Holling, and Stephen S. Light". Human Ecology. 24 (1): 137–141. JSTOR 4603189
(https://www.jstor.org/stable/4603189).

External links
Holling, Crawford Stanley (http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/crawford-stanley-holling/) in the Canadian
encyclopedia.
IIASA (http://www.iiasa.ac.at/)
Ecology and Society (http://www.ecologyandsociety.org)
Adaptive Cycle (http://www.resalliance.org/570.php).
International Society for Ecological Economics (http://www.ecoeco.org/)
Resilience Alliance (http://www.resalliance.org/)

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