Pierre Legendre (ecologist)
Pierre Legendre | |
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| Born | 5 October 1946 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Thesis | Some formal aspects of the theory of biological evolution (1971) |
| Doctoral advisor | Askell Löve |
| Notable students | Marie-Josée Fortin |
| Website | numericalecology |
Pierre Legendre CM FRSC OQ (born 5 October 1946), is an Emeritus professor of ecology at Université de Montréal.[1] He founded the field of Numerical ecology, which is a quantitative subdiscipline of community ecology, with his brother the oceanographer Louis Legendre.
Pierre Legendre obtained an MSc in zoology from McGill University in 1969, and at age 24, he earned a PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1971. From 1971 to 1972, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Lund University in Sweden. From 1972 to 1980, he was Research Associate, then Research Director in an Environmental Science research centre at Université du Québec à Montréal. Since 1980, he has been professor of quantitative ecology in the department of biological sciences at Université de Montréal[2]. He retired from teaching in September 2024 and was appointed Professor Emeritus at Université de Montréal in 2025.[3]
Scientific prizes
- 1986 – Michel-Jurdant Prize (with Louis Legendre), Acfas [4]
- 1995 – Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, Royal Society of Canada [5]
- 2005 – Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Québec [6]
- 2013 – President's Award, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution[7]
- 2015 – Adrien-Pouliot Award, Acfas [8]
- 2019 – Alexander von Humboldt Medal, International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) [9]
Other distinctions
- 1992 - Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science [10]
- 2007 - National Order of Québec [11]
- 2021 - Order of Canada [12]
References
- ^ "Pierre Legendre-Département de sciences biologiques-Université de Montréal". Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Pierre Legendre-0000-0002-3838-3305-ORCID". Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Pierre Legendre-La recherche-Université de Montréal". Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ Acfas. "Acfas – Association francophone pour le savoir". Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Past awards winners, the Royal Society of Canada". Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Pierre Legendre – Prix du Québec". Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Awards and Bursaries CSEE: Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution". Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ Acfas. "Acfas – Association francophone pour le savoir".
- ^ "Alexander von Humboldt Medal - International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS)". Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Members-The Royal Society of Canada". Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Pierre Legendre-Ordre National du Québec". Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "La gouverneure générale annonce 135 nouvelles nominations au sein de l'Ordre du Canada". Retrieved 15 November 2025.