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The British Ecological Society is a learned society in the field of ecology that was founded in 1913. It was the first ecological society in the world.[citation needed] The society's original objective was "to promote and foster the study of Ecology in its widest sense" and this remains the central theme guiding its activities today. The society has almost 4000 members of which 14% are students.[citation needed] It has always had an international membership and currently 38% are outside the United Kingdom, in a total of 92 countries.[citation needed]
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[edit] Publications
Publication of scientific journals is a principal activity. The Journal of Ecology was first published in 1913 in time for the inaugural meeting of the society, followed by the Journal of Animal Ecology (1932), Journal of Applied Ecology (1964), Functional Ecology (1987), and Methods in Ecology and Evolution (2010). Members can subscribe to these journals at a low cost.
[edit] Meetings
The society also runs several major scientific meetings for ecologists each year. The Annual Meeting currently attracts 700 delegates each year and provides the opportunity for ecologists to present papers and posters on a wide variety of topics; an important element has always been the active participation of research students. There is an increasing number of delegates from overseas, principally Europe. It is Europe’s largest annual meeting of ecologists.[citation needed] Since 1960 the society has run an Annual Symposium and published a volume of its papers. It supports a range of other specialist meetings, workshops, training events, and field meetings.
[edit] Presidents
- 2009–2011 Charles Godfray
- 2007–2009 Malcolm Press
- 2005–2007 John Lawton
- 2003–2005 Alastair Fitter
- 2001–2003 John Grace
- 1999–2001 Michael Hassell
- 1996–1997 John A. Lee
- 1994–1995 Ian Newton
- 1991–1993 Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
- 1989–1991 Peter J. Grubb
- 1987–1989 R. J. Berry
- 1986–1987 C. H. Gimingham
- 1984–1985 L.R. Taylor
- 1982–1983 Anthony David Bradshaw
- 1979–1981 George Mackenzie Dunnet
- 1976–1978 Richard Southwood
- 1975–1976 George Clifford Evans
- 1970–1971 John Laker Harley
- 1968–1970 Henry Neville Southern
- 1967–1968 John L. Harper
- 1964–1965 David Lack
- 1962–1963 Paul Westmacott Richards
- 1958–1959 Norman Alan Burges
- 1954–1956 Arthur Roy Clapham
- 1946–1947 Alexander Watt
- 1938–1939 Arthur Tansley (2nd term)
- 1936–1938 William Henry Pearsall
- 1934-1936 J.R. Matthews
- 1932–1933 A.E. Boycott
- 1928–1929 Edward James Salisbury
- 1921 F.E. Weiss
- 1913–1915 Arthur Tansley
