Manfred Meurer (geographer)

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Manfred Meurer (born May 22, 1947 in Aachen ; † November 3, 2012 ) was Professor of Geography and Geoecology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology .

Scientific career

Meurer studied geography and biology at RWTH Aachen University and did his doctorate and habilitation in Gießen with a high-mountain ecological and pasture ecological work. From 1988 to 1992 he was professor of physical geography and geoecology at the Catholic University of Eichstätt . Meurer has been a full professor at the University of Karlsruhe since 1992 and headed the Institute for Geography and Geoecology there until 2009. Manfred Meurer's focus was on pasture and fire ecology as well as urban ecology. Meurer was also considered an expert on Tunisia.

Academic students and companions of Manfred Meurer

The academic student of Manfred Meurer includes the geographer and geoecologist Tillmann Buttschardt , and academic companions the geographers and geoecologists Eckhard Jedicke and Hans-Niklaus Müller.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • Geo- and pasture-ecological studies in the Mogod mountainous region of northwestern Tunisia with special consideration of small-scale goat husbandry . (= Earth science research on behalf of the Commission for Earth Science Research of the Academy of Science and Literature Mainz. XXIX ). Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1993, ISBN 3-515-05637-8 .

Book contributions

  • with Ludwig Nutz: Fire and grazing as landscape-modifying eco-factors in the eastern Mediterranean - the case study Naxos. In: T. Schmitt (Ed.): Topics, trends and theses of urban and landscape ecology. Festschrift for Hans-Jürgen Klink. (= Bochum Geographical Works. Special Issues. Volume 14). Geographical Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 2003, ISBN 3-925143-34-3 , pp. 110–116.

Journal articles

  • Effects of shrub utilization on the vegetation cover in the Tunesian Mogod Mountains and suggestions for ecological suitable improvement measures. In: Natural Resources and Development. 28, Institute for Scientific Cooperation, Tübingen 1988, pp. 108–125.

literature

  • Andreas Dittmann et al. (Ed.): Who is where? Geographers at universities, colleges and research institutions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-00-016764-1 .

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personal data
SURNAME Meurer, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German geographer, professor of geography and geoecology at the University of Karlsruhe
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 2012