Konrad Lorenz Research Center

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Konrad Lorenz Research Center
founding 1973
place Grünau im Almtal
management Kurt Kotrschal
Website Konrad Lorenz Research Center
Old Konrad Lorenz research center in Grünau im Almtal

The Konrad Lorenz Research Center (KLF) was founded in 1973 in Grünau im Almtal in Upper Austria when Konrad Lorenz returned to Austria. The research center is run by a private sponsorship association; there is a close connection to the Department of Behavioral Biology at the University of Vienna . The KLF is managed by Kurt Kotrschal .

research

Research in Grünau focuses on the behavior of gray geese , ravens and bald ibises . For example, the KLF succeeded in establishing a free-living colony of bald ibises from zoo offspring for the first time worldwide.

Further projects have emerged from the research. The Waldrappen team has set up shop in the Almtal and tries to teach the northern bald ibises the flight route to the south. For this purpose Ultralight used. In 2008, the Wolf Science Center was also located in Grünau, but in spring 2009 it moved to the Ernstbrunn Wildlife Park . Further behavioral observations take place in the neighboring Cumberland Wildlife Park .

history

When Lorenz returned to Austria after retiring at the Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology in Seewiesen (Bavaria), he was invited to continue his work with gray geese in Grünau im Almtal. In the first few years, the research center was financed by the Max Planck Society , then the Austrian Academy of Sciences took over the costs from 1980 to 1989. Kurt Kotrschal has headed the research center since 1990 . It is financed by a private association, the Province of Upper Austria and the University of Vienna.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the KLF. ( Memento from June 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (queried January 18, 2016)
  2. ↑ 20 years of Konrad Lorenz Research Center Grünau. On: idw-online.de from September 17, 2010
  3. ^ Website of the Waldrappen team (queried January 18, 2016)
  4. ↑ Website of the Wolf Science Center (queried January 18, 2016)
  5. ^ Newton: The True Story of the Bad Wolf. ( Memento of November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) On: orf.at of March 14, 2009 (queried January 18, 2016)
  6. ↑ Wolf Science Center , news ( Memento from August 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (queried October 14, 2009)
  7. ↑ 20 years of Konrad Lorenz Research Center. On: derstandard.at of September 23, 2010

Coordinates: 47 ° 48 '50.2 "  N , 13 ° 56' 50.9"  E