Gregor William Yeates, publishing as GW Yeates (19 May 1944 – 6 August 2012),[1][2] was a New Zealand soil zoologist and ecologist. He was "considered the world's leading authority in soil nematode ecology, a subject of economic and ecological importance."[3]
Scientific career and contributions
Yeates's PhD (under
Wally Clark)[4] was on nematodes of dune sands, and was completed in 1968 at the University of Canterbury.[5] His DSc, also at the
University of Canterbury.[6]
Yeates's early work on
nematodes in sand dunes represented some of the first detailed work on nematodes in non-agricultural settings, and 'representing some of the most detailed assessments of nematode communities ever conducted in natural environments.'[10]
He was awarded a Nuffield Foundation Commonwealth Travelling Fellowship to study at Rothamsted in 1977–1978.[10]
He conducted long-term work on
CO2 enrichment in pasture.[10]
Council of the New Zealand Rhododendron Association 1997–2000[20]
Heritage Park Rhododendron Charitable Trust Trustee[20]
President of the New Zealand Society of Parasitology during 1990–1991[20]
Publications
Feeding Habits in Soil Nematode Families and Genera—An Outline for Soil Ecologists by G. W. Yeates, T. Bongers, R. G. M. De Goede, D. W. Freckman, and S. S. Georgieva in J Nematol. 1993 September; 25(3) has 901 citations according to
google scholar.[21] The paper is a study in the ecological role of
nematodes structured by
taxa.[22]
Plains' Science: Inventions, Innovations and Discoveries from the Manawatu v1. (2011), co-edited by Vince Neall and Gregor Yeates, Royal Society of New Zealand Manawatu Branch and the
Science Centre Inc.,
ISBN9780473187033.[23]
^Yeates, G. W. 1968: Studies on the Adelie Penguin at Cape Royds 1964-65 and 1965-66. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 2: 472-496.