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  • • Mark Tansley is senior keeper at London Zoo's Butterfly Paradise (zsl. org).

    Another view on Damien Hirst: The Souls Interview by Laura Barnett 2010

  • At the calling of the next witness's name Tansley nudged Brent.

    In the Mayor's Parlour 1899

  • If you are looking for a documentary film-maker who can link the colour revolutions of eastern Europe to the communes of California – via the botanist Arthur Tansley, Field Marshal Jan Smuts, Jay Forrester, Ayn Rand, cybernetics, and machine theory – then Adam Curtis is your man.

    In praise of… Adam Curtis | Editorial 2011

  • Tansley was a pioneer in the science of plant ecology; he coordinated a large project to map the vegetation of the British Isles, and in 1939 published The British Isles and Their Vegetation.

    Tansley, Arthur G. 2009

  • Tansley was an instrumental figure in the formation of organizations devoted to the study of ecology and the protection of wildlife.

    Tansley, Arthur G. 2009

  • Tansley was a pioneer in the science of plant ecology; he coordinated a large project to map the vegetation of the British Isles, and in 1939 published The British Isles and Their Vegetation.

    Tansley, Arthur G. 2009

  • Tansley was an instrumental figure in the formation of organizations devoted to the study of ecology and the protection of wildlife.

    Tansley, Arthur G. 2009

  • In his classic article of 1935, Tansley defined ecosystems as "The whole system, … including not only the organism-complex, but also the whole complex of physical factors forming what we call the environment".

    Ecosystem 2008

  • In Tansley as in Brennan you will find descriptions of a hierarchy of subtle energy sheaths or bodies called the etheric, emotional, mental and higher bodies that surround the physical body.

    The epiphenomenal view of mind Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • Tansley went on to argue that ecosystems “are the basic units of nature on the face of the earth.”

    Ecology Sarkar, Sahotra 2005

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