The Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology () is a prize awarded annually by the
Generalitat de Catalunya
The Generalitat de Catalunya (; ; ), or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia is self-governed as an autonomous community of Spain. It is made up of the Parliament of Catalonia, the President of the Govern ...
to recognize an exceptional scientific career or discovery in the field of
ecology
Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their Natural environment, environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community (ecology), community, ecosystem, and biosphere lev ...
or other environmental sciences. The award was created to honor the life and work of
Ramon Margalef. The award has been presented every year since 2004 and comes with an honorarium of and a sculpture representing a microalga, called ''Picarola margalefii''. It is open to
ecologists
This is a list of notable ecologists.
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* John Aber (United States)
* Aziz Ab'Saber (Brazil)
* Charles Christopher Adams (United States)
* Warder Clyde Allee (United States)
* Herbert G. Andrewartha (Australia)
* Sarah Martha Baker ( ...
from anywhere in the world.
Awardees
* 2005 —
Paul K. Dayton
* 2006 —
John Lawton
* 2007 —
Harold A. Mooney
* 2008 —
Daniel Pauly
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* 2009 —
Paul R. Ehrlich
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* 2010 —
Simon A. Levin
* 2011 —
Juan Carlos Castilla
* 2012 —
Daniel Simberloff
* 2013 —
Sallie W. Chisholm
* 2014 —
David Tilman
* 2015 —
Robert E. Ricklefs
* 2016 —
Josep Peñuelas
* 2017 —
Sandra Díaz
* 2018 —
Stephen R. Carpenter
* 2019 —
Carlos M. Duarte
*2020 —
Sandra Lavorel
* 2021 —
Jordi Bascompte
* 2022 -
Gretchen C. Daily
* 2023 -
Marten Scheffer
Published lectures
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See also
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List of ecology awards
References
External links
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Awards established in 2004
Ecology awards
Catalan awards