Pierre Legendre (ecologist)
Pierre Legendre | |
|---|---|
*.png) | |
| Born | 5 October 1946 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | |
| 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,[2] 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[3]. He retired from teaching in September 2024 and was appointed professor emeritus at Université de Montréal in 2025.[4]
Scientific prizes
- 1986 – Acfas Michel-Jurdant Prize (with Louis Legendre)[5]
- 1995 – Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, Royal Society of Canada[6]
- 2005 – Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Québec[7]
- 2013 – President's Award, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution[8]
- 2015 – Acfas Adrien-Pouliot Award[9]
- 2019 – Alexander von Humboldt Medal, International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS)[10]
Other distinctions
- 1992 – Royal Society of Canada, Academy of Science [11]
- 2007 – National Order of Québec[12]
- 2021 – Order of Canada [13]
References
- ^ "Pierre Legendre". Département de sciences biologiques – Université de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ Legendre, Pierre (2019). "Numerical Ecology". In Fath, Brian (ed.). Encyclopedia of Ecology. Vol. 3 (2nd ed.). Elsevier. pp. 487–493. ISBN 9780444641304.
- ^ "Pierre Legendre". ORCID. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Pierre Legendre". La recherche – Université de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "Prix Acfas Michel-Jurdant". Acfas (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Past awards winners". Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Pierre Legendre, lauréat". Prix du Québec (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Awards and Bursaries". CSEE: Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Prix Acfas Adrien-Pouliot". Acfas (in French).
- ^ "Alexander von Humboldt Medal". International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS). Retrieved 2 November 2025.
- ^ "Find Members". Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Pierre Legendre". Ordre national du Québec (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2025.
- ^ "La gouverneure générale annonce 135 nouvelles nominations au sein de l'Ordre du Canada" [The Governor General announces 135 new appointments to the Order of Canada]. La gouverneure générale du Canada (in French). 29 December 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
