The Robert H. MacArthur Award is a biennial prize given by the Ecological Society of America to ecologists for their pivotal contributions to their field. The acceptance speeches of many recipients have been given at the annual meeting of the society and subsequently published in the ESA's journal, Ecology.
The following is a self-descriptive quote taken from the Robert H. MacArthur Award page on the ESA's website: "The Robert H. MacArthur Award is given biennially to an established ecologist in mid-career for meritorious contributions to ecology, in the expectation of continued outstanding ecological research. Nominees may be from any country and need not be ESA members. The recipient is invited to prepare an address for presentation at the annual meeting of the society and for publication in Ecology."[1]
^Paine, R. T. (1 October 1984). "Ecological Determinism in the Competition for Space: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture". Ecology. 65 (5): 1339–1348. doi:10.2307/1939114. JSTOR1939114.
^May, Robert M. (1 October 1986). "The Search for Patterns in the Balance of Nature: Advances and Retreats". Ecology. 67 (5): 1115–1126. doi:10.2307/1938668. JSTOR1938668.
^Schoener, Thomas W. (1 December 1989). "Food Webs From the Small to the Large: The Robert H. MacArthur Award Lecture". Ecology. 70 (6): 1559–1589. doi:10.2307/1938088. JSTOR1938088.
^Murdoch, William W. (1 March 1994). "Population Regulation in Theory and Practice". Ecology. 75 (2): 271–287. doi:10.2307/1939533. JSTOR1939533.
^Vitousek, Peter M. (1 October 1994). "Beyond Global Warming: Ecology and Global Change". Ecology. 75 (7): 1861–1876. doi:10.2307/1941591. JSTOR1941591.
^Tilman, David (8 July 1999). "The Ecological Consequences of Changes in Biodiversity: A Search for General Principles". Ecology. 80 (5): 1455–1474. doi:10.2307/176540. JSTOR176540.
^O'Neill, Robert V. (8 July 2017). "Is It Time to Bury the Ecosystem Concept? (With Full Military Honors, of Course!)". Ecology. 82 (12): 3275–3284. doi:10.2307/2680151. JSTOR2680151.
^Carpenter, Stephen R. (8 July 2017). "Ecological Futures: Building an Ecology of the Long Now". Ecology. 83 (8): 2069–2083. doi:10.2307/3072038. JSTOR3072038.