Abstract
Ralph Slatyer (16 April 1929-26 July 2012) had a distinguished career in the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the Australian National University, in plant-water relations and plant succession, leading the development of physiological plant ecology. He was the founding Professor of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences, at the Australian National University and then Director of the Research School of Biological Sciences, 1984-9. He was Australian Ambassador to United Nations Educational and Scientific Cultural Organisation (1978-81), and as Australia's first Chief Scientist (1989-92), he set up the Cooperative Research Centres.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 54-63 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Historical Records of Australian Science |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 |