biology

Orie Loucks

Orie Loucks is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Orie Loucks rather than just read about it. In short: Orie L. Loucks (October 2, 1931 – September 10, 2016) was a professor at Miami University Department of Zoology.

Key takeaways

Orie Loucks belongs to biology; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Orie Loucks to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Orie Loucks from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Orie L. Loucks (October 2, 1931 – September 10, 2016) was a professor at Miami University Department of Zoology. He was a noted ecologist and environmentalist who worked to get DDT banned in Wisconsin in 1969.

Honors George Mercer Award from Ecological Society of America (1964) Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1987) Distinguished Service Award from American Institute of Biological Sciences (1994) The Nature Conservancy Oak Leaf Award (1994) Elected Fellow, Ohio Academy of Science (2000) National Conservation Achievement Award in Science from National Wildlife Federation (2000) R. W. Lyons Scholarship, 1951 Spruce Falls Pulp and Paper Company Fellowship, 1953–54 University of Toronto Honor Award, 1954 Sigma Xi (University of Wisconsin), 1960 Page One Citation, Madison Newswriters Guild, 1971 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1971 Distinguished Indiana Scientist, Indianapolis Star, 1984 Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer 1996-99 Fellow, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Miami University, March 1998

Publications Books: (1) 1974. U.S. Participation in the International Biological Program, Report No. 6 of the U.S. National Committee for the International Biological Program. Senior Editor for the executive committee of the U.S./IBP, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. 166 pp. (2) 1979. Aquatic Plant Harvesting and Lake Management. Proceedings of a Conference on the Efficacy and Impact of Intensive Plant Harvesting in Lake Management. Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 435 pp. (Edited with J. Breck and R. Prentki). (3) 1979. Impacts of air pollutants on wilderness areas of northern Minnesota. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Research Laboratory-Duluth. EPA-600/3-80-44. (Edited with G.E. Glass.) (4) 1993. John T. Curtis, 50 Years of Wisconsin Plant Ecology. Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Science. 339 pp. (Edited with J. S. Fralish and R. P. McIntosh). (5) 1998. Loucks, Orie L. (Ed.), Jan Willem Bol, 0. Homer Erekson, Norman Grant, Ray Gorman, Pam Johnson, and Tim Krehbiel, Sustainability Perspectives for Resources and Business. CRC/Lewis/St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, FL. (6) 2006. Scaling and Uncertainty Analysis in Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 351 pp. (Edited witl Jianguo Wu, K. Bruce Jones, and Harbin Li)

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Orie Loucks

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Orie Loucks claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Orie Loucks before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Orie Loucks ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Orie Loucks

In research: Orie Loucks appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Orie Loucks in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Orie Loucks is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1931 births, 2016 deaths, American ecologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Orie Loucks outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Orie Loucks in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Orie Loucks means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Orie Loucks out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Orie Loucks in simple terms?

Orie L. Loucks (October 2, 1931 – September 10, 2016) was a professor at Miami University Department of Zoology.

Why does Orie Loucks matter?

Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Orie Loucks?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Orie Loucks.