The Marsh Book of the Year Award

Books can have a major impact in ecology but academic publishing of books brings relatively little financial reward to authors. This award aims to recognise the contribution authors make to the science of ecology.

The Marsh Book of the Year Award acknowledges the important role that books have in ecology and its development. This prize is funded by the Marsh Christian Trust.  It is awarded to the book published in the last two years that has had the greatest influence on the science of ecology or its application. The prize is an honorarium of £1,000 plus a certificate and is open to books published anywhere in the world. The BES normally considers the Marsh Book of the Year Award on an annual basis.

Council welcomes suggestions for the Marsh Book of the Year Award. Nominations must be made using the nomination form, received by 15 October and be sent to info@britishecologicalsociety.org

The nomination form should contain a brief statement on why the book deserves the award and nominators must be a current member of the BES.

Publishers cannot submit nominations for this award.

The winners to date are:

(A-Z by surname)

Dr Michael Angilleta for his book “Thermal Adaptation: A Theoretical and Empirical Synthesis’” (2010)

Professor Richard Bardgett for his book “The Biology of Soils – A Community and Ecosystem Approach” (2006)

Dr David Briggs for his book “Plant Microevolution and Conservation in Human-Influenced Ecosystems” (2011)

Professor Roger L. H. Dennis for his book “A Resource-Based Habitat View For Conservation: Butterflies in the British Landscape” (2012)

Dr Beverley Glover for her book “Understanding Flowers and Flowering” (2009)

Professor Peter M. Vitousek for his book ”Nutrient Cycling and Limitation: Hawai’i as a Model System” (2005)

Dr David Wilkinson for his book “Fundamental Processes in Ecology: An Earth System Approach” (2007)