Robert Neuhäusl

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Robert Neuhäusl (born June 16, 1930 , † April 25, 1991 ) was a Czechoslovak botanist and plant sociologist .

Life

education

Neuhäusl attended the Realgymnasium in Chrudim from 1941 to 1949 . From 1949 to 1953 he studied at the Faculty of Science at Charles University in Prague .

Research activity

In the years 1957 to 1961 he completed a scientific apprenticeship. He received his doctorate in natural sciences (Czech: Doktor přírodních věd, abbreviated: RNDr.). In 1962 he became a research assistant at the Geobotanical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in Brno . Neuhäusl dedicated his research to the study of meadows and raised bogs. He led the mapping of the vegetation of Slovakia , Bohemia and Moravia . Neuhäusl was a leader in the documentation of the nature reserves. His main area was the systematic and synecological research of plant communities.

Offices and memberships

Neuhäusl was

  • Scientific Secretary and Deputy Director of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
  • Secretary of the Department of Biosphere and Chemical Sciences of the Presidium of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences
  • Coordinator of the international Vegetation Map of Europe project
  • Coordinator of the State Plan for Basic Research
  • Member of the International Association for Vegetation Sciences
  • Member of the editorial team of the journals Folia Geobotanica et Phytaxonomica , Preslia , Braun-Blanquetina and Phytocoenologia

Awards

In 2015 Robert Neuhäusl ( posthumously ) and his wife Zdenka Neuhäuslová-Novotná received the Gregor Johann Mendel Medal of Honor for Services in the Biological Sciences. This medal is awarded by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in recognition of outstanding contributions to biological and agricultural sciences.

family

Robert Neuhäusl was married to Zdenka Neuhäuslová-Novotná, with whom he also worked professionally and wrote several publications.

Works (selection)

  • The beech forests rich in herbs and their relationship to the Fagetum boreoatlanticum. 1959.
  • On the characteristics of the climax societies of the Eastern Sudetes. 1960.
  • On the general questions of limnobotany. 1960.
  • A contribution to the flora of the Lower Jeseníky. 1961.
  • General questions of phytocenological perminology. 1963.
  • Vegetation map of Bohemia and Moravia. 1963. (online)
  • Bibliography of the vegetation maps of Checkoslovakia, Pars III. Special print from: Excerpta Botanica. Section B, Volume 22.
  • The forest communities of the East Silesian Plain. 1963.
  • About some basic ecological terms. 1964.
  • with Jaroslav Moravec and Zdenka Neuhäuslová-Novotná: Synecological studies on reed beds, meadows and alluvial forests. Publishing house of Czechoslovakia. Akad. Der Wiss., 1965.
  • Subcontinental raised bogs and their vegetation. Academia, Prague 1972.
  • Raised moors at the Velké Dářko pond. Academia, Prague 1975.
  • The vegetation map of the CSSR 1: 200 000 and its geographical interpretation. In: Arch. Naturschutz u. Landscape research. 22, 2, Berlin 1982, pp. 145-150.
  • Přírodní park Prokopské a Dalejské údolí-Teoretické zdůvodnění koncepce. In: Staletá Praha XV. Sborník Pražského střediska státní památkové péče a ochrany přírody. Panorama, Praha 1985, pp. 293-300.
  • with Zdenka Neuhäuslová-Novotná: Stowage of abandoned lawns using the example of Arrhenatherion societies. In: Tuexenia: Communications of the Floristic-Sociological Working Group. Volume 5, 1985, pp. 249-258, URN: urn: nbn: de: hebis: 30: 3-377272 , (online)
  • Zdenka Neuhäuslová-Novotná: Contribution to the knowledge of the fir oak forests in Bohemia. Západočeské Muzeum, Plzeň 1989, ISBN 80-85125-11-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notification of death at schweizerbart.de. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c Robert Neuhäusl at Chrudim Library. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ M. Chytry, J. Danihelka, Z. Kaplan, P. Pyšek (eds.): Flora and Vegetation of the Czech Republic. Springer International Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-63180-6 , pp. 69-72, 404. (online) Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b Awards at www.ibot.cas.cz. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ Vegetation map of Europe at www.ibot.cas.cz. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  6. ↑ family at www.ibot.cas.cz. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
  7. ↑ Velké Dářko pond at knihovna.botanicka.cz. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Neuhäusl, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak botanist
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1930
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1991