Arthur Shapiro
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Arthur Shapiro is a professor of evolution
and ecology
at the University of California, Davis
. He graduated with an AB
in biology from University of Pennsylvania
and completed his PhD
in Entomology
at Cornell in 1970. He is known as an interesting character to see around campus as he refuses to drive a car anywhere and sponsors the yearly Butteflies for Beers contest.
Dr. Shapiro's papers cover topics including:
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
and ecology
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
at the University of California, Davis
University of California, Davis
The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment...
. He graduated with an AB
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in biology from University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and completed his PhD
PHD
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in Entomology
Entomology
Entomology is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology...
at Cornell in 1970. He is known as an interesting character to see around campus as he refuses to drive a car anywhere and sponsors the yearly Butteflies for Beers contest.
Dr. Shapiro's papers cover topics including:
- Evolution, ecology, ehylogeny, and biogeography of the pierid butterflies
- Evolution of seasonality Insect-host plant interactions
- Phenotypic plasticity and canalization.