Research data, field notes, writings, correspondence, and other related materials regarding Joseph Connell's ecological research. The papers collected here mostly focuses on Connell's work with tropical rainforests, coral reefs, and marine intertidal communities.

Joseph Hurd Connell FAA (5 October 1923 – 1 September 2020) was an American ecologist. In 1946, he completed his B.S. in meteorology at the University of Chicago, followed by an M.A. in zoology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1953, and a Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom in 1956 under zoologist Charles Maurice Yonge. Postdoctoral research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts, preceded his hiring in 1958 as a Professor of Biology by the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), where he remained for the rest of his career.

44.47 Linear Feet; (33 cartons, 6 document boxes, 2 half-size document boxes, and 1 lantern slide box) Processed materials

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