Richard M. Cowling

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Richard Mark Cowling (born April 27, 1955 in Eshowe ) is a South African biologist and botanist . He is co-editor of the ESA journal Conservation Letters .

Cowling earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 1975 and in botany in 1978 from the University of Cape Town . In 1983 he received his PhD there in Plant Ecology . After holding positions at Curtin University and the University of Cape Town, he has been Research Professor at the Botany Department of the University of the Nelson Mandela Metropolis in Port Elizabeth since 2000 . In 2008 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .

His main areas of work are the identification and protection of threatened ecosystems, with an emphasis on systems used by humans. His main focus shifted to the human-ecosystem interaction. However, he is also interested in environmental factors ( climate variance , geomorphological factors).

Publications (selection)

  • Cowling, RM, R. Costanza . (1997): Introduction: The valuation and management of the South African fynbos ecosystem. Ecological Economics 22 (2): 103
  • Cowling, RM, D. Kirkwood, SM Pierce (1997): Invasion and persistence of bird-dispersed, subtropical thicket and forest species in fire-prone costal fynbos. Journal of Vegetation Science 8 (4): 475
  • Cowling, RM, R. Costanza, and SI Higgins. 1997. Services supplied by South African fynbos ecosystems. (Daily, G. ed.). Island Press, Washington DC
  • Holmes, PM and RM Cowling. 1997. Diversity, composition and guild structure relationships between soil-stored seed banks and mature vegetation in alien plant-invaded South African fynbos shrublands. Plant Ecology 133 (1): 107

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cowling's profile ( Memento of the original from July 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the Global Mediterrean Action Network , accessed on August 12, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mediterraneanaction.net
personal data
SURNAME Cowling, Richard M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cowling, Richard Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African biologist and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Eshowe