Petr Pyšek from the IB will be awarded Robert H. Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Award

Ecological Society of America (ESA) announced 2017 award recipients – Petr Pyšek from the IB will be awarded Robert H. Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist Award. The Whittaker Award recognizes an ecologist with an earned doctorate and an outstanding record of contributions in ecology who is not a U.S. citizen and who resides outside the United States. The awards ceremony will take place during the Society’s Annual Meeting in Portland, Ore, on Monday, August 7.