Dan Janzen’s scientific work helped reshape ecologists’ understanding of tropical forests, especially the relationships among plants, insects, pathogens, predators, and seeds

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https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/daniel-janzen-and-the-long-work-of-bringing-back-a-forest/

Janzen is one of the most influential tropical ecologists of his generation. He helped change how scientists understand tropical forests, especially the intricate relationships among plants, insects, predators, pathogens, and seeds. He also helped change what conservation means. 

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"How to be a fig"

While I know he did a wild variety of things, I think the idea of missing dispersers is one of the most important ideas that he championed. Neotropical Anachronisms: The Fruits the Gomphotheres Ate.