Honours
- 1938-1940: President of the Association of Applied Biologists
- 1961: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 1967: Fellow of the Institute of Biology
- 1974: Member of the Order of the British Empire
- 1977: ScD degree, Cambridge University
- 1982–1984: President of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh
- 1986: President of the British Ecological Society
- 1988: Emeritus Professor, University of Aberdeen
- 1990: Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2000: Patron of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management
- 2004: Honorary British Fellow, Botanical Society of Scotland
- 2004: President of the Heather Trust
- 2004: Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
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