Arturo Gómez Pompa, Mexican botanist and ecologist (Ciudad de Mexico 21 October 1934 –
Regarded as world authority on ecology of tropical forests, studying their mechanisms of regeneration
Developed a method for studying ecology in tropical areas
Un método para el estúdio ecológico en regiones tropicales. Mem. Congr. Mex. Botanica (1963)
Authored a paper became a classical
With S. Guevara & C. Vazquez Yanes. The tropical rain forest: a non-renewable resource. Science (1972)
Developed a botanical database using computers for storage and organization of the information independently of Theodore Crovetto in United States (1967)
DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES
Diospyros riojae 1964
Hydrangea nebulicola 1968 with Nevling
Hymenophyllum saenzianum 1970
Isoetes tryoniana 1970
Polypodium rodriguezianum 1970
Robinsonella mirandae 1962
Thelypteris villana 1970
Yucca lacandonica 1962 with Valdes
HONOURS
Golden Ark Medal (1984)
Tyler Prize for Environment (1994)
Chevron Medal