Frances Crews James (born September 29, 1930) is an American ecologist who served as a Professor of Biological Sciences at Florida State University.
James studied geographic variation in the size and shape of birds, leading to transplant experiments with red-winged blackbirds and to tests of the theoretical assumptions underlying selection models. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. James, originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was immersed in the stream of biology at an early age being involved in the Academy of Natural Sciences Expeditions for Everyone.[1]
In 1984 James was the first woman to become president of the American Ornithologists Union serving for two years until 1986.[2] She was awarded the Eminent Ecologist Award in January 1997; in the same year she also received the Outstanding Leadership Award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences.[1] She was awarded the 1999 Margaret Morse Nice Medal by the Wilson Ornithological Society.[3] She has served on The Nature Conservancy Board of Governors and the Board of Directors for the World Wildlife Fund.[4]
- ^ a b "Frances C. James, An Ornithologist with a Propensity for Skepticism". Ecological Society of America. 2016.
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