The firsts researchers that had an #evolutionary view of #fire ecology were probably EB Poulton (when looking at fire beetles 1915) & WL Jepson (studying #Arctostaphylos 1922)

1) Do you know of any other earlier?
2) Do you know of any woman with such view earlier than 1970? #gender

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102320-095612 | @AnnualReviews

@wildfirescience #evolutionary #ecology #FireEcology #PlantEcology #evolution