Correct Answer: E. P. Odum

Solution : The correct answer is E. P. Odum .

E. P. Odum is considered the father of modern ecology. Eugene Pleasant Odum was an American biologist at the University of Georgia. He says, “Ecology is the study of the structure and function of ecosystems." He and his brother Howard T. Odum wrote the popular ecology textbook "Fundamentals of Ecology (1953)".