G. Tyler Miller Quotes

United States, Scientist
July 25, 1902 – July, 24, 1988.

G. Tyler Miller was the third President of James Madison University, serving from 1945 to 1971. Miller Hall on the JMU campus is named for him. He was an environmental science textbook writer.

One hundred trout are needed to support one man for a year. The trout, in turn, must consume 90,000 frogs, that must consume 27 million grasshoppers that live off of 1,000 tons of grass.

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There is no waste in functioning natural ecosystems. All organisms, dead or alive, are potential sources of food for other organisms. A caterpillar eats a leaf; a robin eats the caterpillar; a hawk eats the robin. When the plant, caterpillar, robin, and hawk die, they are in turn consumed by decomposers.

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