Georg Grabherr

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Georg Grabherr (born April 30, 1946 in Bregenz ) is an Austrian ecologist and former head of the Department for Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology at the University of Vienna .

Live and act

Grabherr attended elementary and secondary schools in Bregenz from 1952 to 1966. In 1967 he began studying biology and geology at the University of Innsbruck . He passed the Magister rer. nat. and did his doctorate as part of the IBP project "Dwarf shrub heath, Mt. Patscherkofel " under the direction of Walter Larcher . From 1975 to 1986 he held an assistant professorship for geobotany at the Institute for Botany at the University of Innsbruck. In 1979 he taught as a Research Fellow at the University of Wales at Bangor . In 1983 he completed his habilitation at the University of Innsbruck. In 1986 he received various appointments. From 1986 to 2011 he was department head and university professor for nature conservation biology, vegetation and landscape ecology at the University of Vienna. Since 2003 he has been chairman of the Austrian Man and the Biosphere (MAB) national committee. In 1987, together with Michael Gottfried and Harald Pauli, he founded the “Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments” GLORIA, in the framework of which long-term vegetation-ecological studies are carried out to prove climate change. From 2006 to 2013 he was Vice Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and head of department for the GLORIA project.

Awards

In November 2011 Grabherr received the “Austrian Nature Conservation Award” from the Austrian Nature Conservation Union . On January 7th, 2013 he was named Scientist of the Year 2012 by the “Club of Education and Science Journalists of Austria” .

In 2013 he received the Vorarlberg Science Prize and the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class .

On November 27, 2015, Georg Grabherr was also awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Innsbruck .

Fonts

  • G. Grabherr: Color Atlas of Earth's Ecosystems. (Ecosystems of the world). Ulmer, Stuttgart 1997, 3-8001-3489-6.
  • G. Grabherr: The high-mountain ecosystems of the Alps. In: FE Wielgolaski (Ed.): Polar and alpine tundra. (= Ecosystems of the world. Vol. 3). Elsevier, Amsterdam 1997, ISBN 0-444-88265-0 , pp. 97-121.
  • W. Nentwig, S. Bacher, C. Beierkuhnlein, R. Brandl, G. Grabherr: Ökologie (Ecology). Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg / Berlin 2003.
  • L. Nagy, G. Grabherr, Ch. Körner, DBA Thompson (Ed.): Alpine Biodiversity in Europe. (= Ecological Studies. 167). Springer, 2003, ISBN 3-540-00108-5 .
  • CA Burga, F. Klötzli, G. Grabherr (Ed.): Mountains of the World. Ulmer. Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-4165-5 .
  • W. Willner, G. Grabherr (ed.): The forests and bushes of Austria. A determination work with tables. Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8274-1892-0 .
  • N. Sauberer, D. Moser, G. Grabherr: Biodiversity in Austria. Spatial patterns and indicators of species and habitat diversity. Haupt Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-258-07359-0 .
  • L. Nagy, G. Grabherr (Ed.): The Biology of Alpine Habitats. Oxford University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-19-856704-2 .
  • G. Grabherr, L. Lammerhuber: A garden for the 21st century - A 21st Century Garden. Edition Lammerhuber, 2013, ISBN 978-3-901753-31-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Austrian MAB National Committee ( Memento of the original from June 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cvl.univie.ac.at
  2. ↑ University of Vienna: Univ.Prof.Mag.Dr. Georg Grabherr , accessed on February 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ Georg Grabherr is "Scientist of the Year 2012". In: DiePresse.com. January 7, 2013, accessed January 21, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Nature conservation prize to Georg Grabherr and Thomas Wizany. ( Memento from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Wissenschaftsjournalisten.at
  6. ↑ Georg Grabherr is "Scientist of the Year". In: derStandard.at. January 7, 2013, accessed December 12, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Science Award 2013 ( Memento from August 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at vorarlberg.at; accessed on March 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ Current prizes and awards , December 20, 2013.
  9. ↑ Honorary doctorate for ecologist Georg Grabherr . Article on vorarlberg.ORF.at of November 27, 2015, accessed on November 27, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Grave lord, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian ecologist and university professor at the University of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenz