Hans Burla
Hans Burla (born April 8, 1920 in Zurich ; † February 24, 2010 there ) was a Swiss zoologist . His main research interests were the special and systematic zoology, in particular the systematics of fruit flies (Drosophilidae).
Life
In 1943 Burla began studying zoology at the University of Zurich , where he received his doctorate in 1951 with a dissertation on the systematics, distribution and ecology of the Drosophila species in Switzerland. During his studies, he traveled to São Paulo on a scholarship , where he spent a year doing research in the group of the population geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky . After completing his studies, there followed research stays in the Ivory Coast and again with Dobzhansky in Brazil. Burla turned down a professorship offer from Manaus and instead concentrated on a career in Zurich. In 1956 he was with the Scriptures The Drosophilidengattung Zygothrica and its relationship to Drosophilauntergattung Hirtodrosophila with description of 45 new species habilitation and assistant professor at the University of Zurich. In 1959, he succeeded the emeritus professor Hans Steiner as associate professor at the chair for systematic zoology. At the same time, the Zoological Museum was expanded into the new Faculty Institute for Systematic Zoology and Ecology, where Burla took over the management. In 1967 he was appointed full professor. In the period that followed, Burla expanded his research interests. He was involved with a research group in Lake Zurich research and set up a limnological station in Kilchberg and a marine station in Sardinia. In 1985 Burla retired into private life because of cancer.
Burla has written over 100 publications, including 60 on the evolution, systematics and population genetics of the Drosophilidae family. He was the first to scientifically describe several species of fruit flies, including Drosophila alpina and Drosophila helvetica in 1948.
Dedication names
In 1974 the fruit fly species Drosophila burlai from the Ivory Coast was named in honor of Hans Burla.
Fonts (selection)
- Hans Burla: Systematics, distribution and ecology of the Drosophila species in Switzerland , 1951
- Hans Burla: On the knowledge of the Drosophilidae of the Ivory Coast, French West Africa , 1954
- Hans Burla: The Drosophilid genus Zygothrica and its relationship to the Drosophila subgenus Hirtodrosophila: with description of 45 new species , 1956
- Hans Burla: Darwin and his work. New year's paper of the Natural Research Society in Zurich 1959 , Fretz, Zurich, 1959
- Hans Burla: Inheritance , Knaur, 1962
- Warja Honegger-Lavater , Marco Schnitter , Hans Burla: Genetics: Heredity, Environment and Personality , Dell Publishing, 1962
- Walter Leuthold , Hans Burla: Variations in Territorial Behavior of Uganda Kob: Adenota Kob Thomasi (Neumann 1896) , 1966
- Hans Burla, Gerhard Bächli : Diptera Drosophilidae. Insecta Helvetica 7th Swiss Entomological Society, ETH Center, Zurich, 1985
literature
- Elisabeth Junge: University of Zurich Necrologist 2010. In memory of our deceased professors: Professor Doktor Hans Burla , University of Zurich, 2011, pp. 10–12
- Vinzenz Ziswiler : Prof.em. Hans Burla - Quarterly publication of the Natural Research Society in Zurich (2011). 156 (1/2): 39-40.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Burla: The genus Drosophila in Switzerland In: Revue suisse de zoologie , Tome 55, Nos 5 à 24, Juin 1948, pp. 272-279
- ↑ Daniel Lachaise, Leonidas Tcacas: Quatre nouvelles especes de la Cote-d'Ivoire du genre Drosophila melanogaster groupe, et discussion de l'origine du sous-groupe melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Annls Univ. Abidjan E. Ecol. 7, 1974: 193-211.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burla, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 2010 |
| Place of death | Zurich |