Lawrence B. Slobodkin
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Lawrence B. Slobodkin was a pioneering American ecologist known for his influential work on population ecology, trophic dynamics, and the theoretical foundations of modern ecology.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lawrence B. Slobodkin canonical | 10 |
| Lawrence B. Slobodkin worked on population and community ecology | 1 |
| Lawrence Basil Slobodkin | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence B. Slobodkin Context triple: [G. Evelyn Hutchinson, influenced, Lawrence B. Slobodkin]
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Nikolai Sokoloff
Nikolai Sokoloff was a Russian-American conductor best known as the founding music director of the Cleveland Orchestra and a prominent leader in U.S. government-sponsored music initiatives during the New Deal era.
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Stuart Sternberg
Stuart Sternberg is an American businessman best known as the principal owner of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.
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Julian A. Brodsky
Julian A. Brodsky is an American businessman and co-founder of Comcast who played a key role in building it into one of the largest media and telecommunications companies in the world.
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G. M. Eliashberg
G. M. Eliashberg is a theoretical physicist best known for formulating Eliashberg theory, which extends BCS superconductivity to include strong electron-phonon interactions.
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Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lawrence B. Slobodkin Target entity description: Lawrence B. Slobodkin was a pioneering American ecologist known for his influential work on population ecology, trophic dynamics, and the theoretical foundations of modern ecology.
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A.
Nikolai Sokoloff
Nikolai Sokoloff was a Russian-American conductor best known as the founding music director of the Cleveland Orchestra and a prominent leader in U.S. government-sponsored music initiatives during the New Deal era.
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B.
Stuart Sternberg
Stuart Sternberg is an American businessman best known as the principal owner of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays.
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C.
Julian A. Brodsky
Julian A. Brodsky is an American businessman and co-founder of Comcast who played a key role in building it into one of the largest media and telecommunications companies in the world.
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D.
G. M. Eliashberg
G. M. Eliashberg is a theoretical physicist best known for formulating Eliashberg theory, which extends BCS superconductivity to include strong electron-phonon interactions.
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E.
Kenneth Hayes Miller
Kenneth Hayes Miller was an influential American painter and teacher associated with the Ashcan School, known for his urban genre scenes and for mentoring many prominent 20th-century artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ ecologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in zoology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | HSS hypothesis proponent ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1928-06-22 ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Frederic E. Smith
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Nelson G. Hairston Sr. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2009-09-12 ⓘ |
| discipline | biology ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | G. Evelyn Hutchinson ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Michigan
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Yale University ⓘ |
| employer |
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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linked to:
Stony Brook University
University at Stony Brook ⓘ
linked to:
Stony Brook University
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| familyName | Slobodkin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
ecology
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population ecology ⓘ theoretical ecology ⓘ trophic dynamics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Lawrence Basil Slobodkin
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linked to:
Lawrence B. Slobodkin
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Lawrence ⓘ |
| hasRole |
research scientist
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teacher ⓘ university administrator ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern community ecology
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theoretical population ecology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | G. Evelyn Hutchinson ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-authoring the "world is green" hypothesis
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contributions to trophic dynamics ⓘ pioneering work in population ecology ⓘ theoretical foundations of modern ecology ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableConcept | Hairston–Smith–Slobodkin hypothesis ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"A Citizen’s Guide to Ecology"
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"Growth and Regulation of Animal Populations" ⓘ "Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect" ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
founding chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University
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professor of ecology at Stony Brook University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
energy flow in ecosystems
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evolutionary ecology ⓘ population regulation ⓘ trophic structure of communities ⓘ |
| workLocation | Stony Brook, New York ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
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linked to: Lawrence B. Slobodkin
subject linked to:
"Growth and Regulation of Animal Populations"
subject linked to:
"Growth and Regulation of Animal Populations"
subject linked to:
"A Citizen’s Guide to Ecology"
subject linked to:
"Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect"
Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect
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Lawrence B. Slobodkin worked on population and community ecology
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subject linked to:
"Simplicity and Complexity in Games of the Intellect"
linked to: Lawrence B. Slobodkin