Edward A. Johnson

Edward A. Johnson is a Canadian ecologist. His research focuses on the contact between geosciences and ecology.

Johnson is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Calgary, located in Alberta, Canada. He was formerly the director of the Biogeoscience Institute (BGI) at the university, which promotes research in the Canadian rockies and surrounding areas, where he is involved in research programs.

His research aims to incorporate the concept of natural disturbance into plant community organisation and dynamics.

Johnson has published 129 peer-reviewed scientific papers and four books related to his ecological research interests. His books include Fire and Vegetation Dynamics (1992), which examines fire dynamics in the North American boreal forest. He published Forest Fires: Behavior and Ecological Effects (2001). In 2007, Johnson published Plant Disturbance Ecology: The Process and the Response.

Johnson received the 1986 W.S. Cooper Award from the Ecological Society of America. He was one of the inaugural Fellows of the Ecological Society of America in 2012.