Colin R. Townsend
Colin R. Townsend (* 1949 ) is a New Zealand biologist , ecologist and professor in the Department for Zoology at the University of Otago , New Zealand. Together with Michael Begon and John L. Harper , he wrote the textbook Essentials of Ecology, which is also widely used in German-speaking countries .
job
Colin Townsend mainly works on environmental issues. He investigates the effects of multiple stress factors on ecosystems, deals with the ecology of invasive species , the influence of land use on rivers and the effect of flow deviations on river ecosystems.
Works
German:
- Townsend et al .: Ecology . Springer, Berlin, 2003. ISBN 978-3-540-00674-9
English:
- Townsend et al .: Essentials of Ecology . John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-4051-5658-5
Web links
- Emeritus Professor Colin Townsend (University of Otago)
Individual evidence
- ^ Emeritus Professor Colin Townsend (University of Otago), accessed May 23, 2019.
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SURNAME | Townsend, Colin R. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand biologist and ecologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |