Alicia V. Linzey

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Alicia Vogt Linzey (* 27. January 1943 in Bloomingburg , New York as Alicia Terry Vogt ) is an American biologist and Mamma login .

Life

Linzey received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1964 and a Master of Science degree from Cornell University in 1965 . In 1981, she was at Virginia Tech for Ph.D. PhD. From 1981 to 1982 Linzey was a lecturer in biology at Roanoke College . From 1982 to 1985 she was an assistant professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania , from 1985 to 1988 she was an associate professor, and from 1988 to 2004 she was professor of biology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. From 2002 to 2004 she was Deputy Provost. In 2004 she retired as a professor emeritus.

In 1988, Linzey became a board member of the American Society of Mammalogists . She was second vice president from 1993 to 1994, first vice president from 1994 to 1996, and president of the American Society of Mammalogists from 1996 to 1998.

Linzey's research interests include population and community ecology, related areas in conservation biology , including responses to habitat disturbance, the selection of sites for the protection of endangered mammals, and the ecology and distribution of the African bush rats ( Aethomys ) in southern Africa. From 1992 to 1993 she was a member of the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Research Program of the Fulbright Association.

In 2013 Linzey wrote together with Christian Chimimba and Michael H. Kesner the genus entry and the species contributions to the African bush rats ( Aethomys ) in Kingdons Mammals of Africa .

Private

Linzey was married to the biologist Donald W. Linzey (* 1939) from 1963 to 1983 . From this marriage two sons were born. She has been married again since 2005.

Awards

In 2016 Linzey received the Hartley HT Jackson Award from the American Society of Mammalogists.

Fonts (selection)

  • Donald W. Linzey, Alicia V. Linzey: Mammals of Great Smoky Mountains National Park , 1968
  • Donald W. Linzey, Alicia V. Linzey: Alabama Wildlife , 1972
  • Donald W. Linzey, Alicia V. Linzey: Snakes of Alabama , 1979

literature

  • Alicia Vogt Linzey. American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences, Gale, 2008. Biography in Context, Online , accessed August 13, 2017.

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