Gaston Eugène Marie Bonnier (9 April 1853 – 2 January 1922) was a French botanist and plant ecologist.

Biography

Bonnier first studied at École Normale Supérieure in Paris from 1873 to 1876. Together with Charles Flahault, he studied at Uppsala University in 1878. They published two articles about their impressions: He became assistant professor, later full professor, of botany at Sorbonne in 1887 and, in addition, he founded a Plant Biological Laboratory in Fontainebleau in 1889. The same year, he co-founded the scientific journal Revue Générale de Botanique, which he edited until 1922. He was an early exponent of experimental plant ecology. He transplanted alpine plants between the Alps and Pyrenees and the research garden in Fontainebleau. The results were published in: He authored several floras of France, such as Notable students of Gaston Bonnier include Henri Devaux, Maurice Bouly de Lesdain, Paul Becquerel, Louis Emberger, Paul Jaccard, and Albert Maige among others.