Margaret Bryan Davis

Margaret Bryan Davis (born October 23, 1931, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.—died May 22, 2024, Colorado) was an American paleoecologist best known for her pioneering work in the science of palynology (the study of plant pollen and spores). Her most-influential work involved the use of pollen recovered from lake sediment and soil to reconstruct ancient plant communities. Her research was instrumental in demonstrating that the structure of biological communities changed in response to environmental factors, such as...