Sebastian Pfeifer

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Sebastian Pfeifer (born November 6, 1898 in Schimborn , Lower Franconia ; † March 14, 1982 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German ornithologist .

Life

In 1912 Pfeifer moved to Fechenheim am Main , where he worked as an industrial clerk at Cassella for 30 years . During this time he continued his self-taught education. He was co-founder in 1924 of the ornithological observation station Untermain and 1937 the Vogelschutzwarte Frankfurt. In 1944 he was appointed director and scientific director of this state bird sanctuary for Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . After the war, he began rebuilding in 1945. From 1952 he conducted a large-scale experiment to increase the population density of free- or cave-breeding bird species for biological pest control , in which he was supported by the natural scientist Werner Keil . In 1954 he founded the International Union for Applied Ornithology . After his retirement in 1964, Pfeifer was appointed President of the German Association for Bird Protection in 1966 (until 1969) , which has now moved its headquarters from Giengen to Frankfurt. Werner Keil was his successor at the bird sanctuary. In addition to the internationally acclaimed studies on increasing the population density of birds, Pfeifer also developed methods to ward off damage caused by birds with the help of acoustic measures, e.g. B. in vineyards. In addition, he dealt with the avoidance of accidents caused by bird flight in the area of ​​the large Frankfurt Rhein-Main airport , which is under a route of the crane train.

Pfeifer was a valued lecturer and his guided tours in the great outdoors were very popular. A total of around 300 publications come from him in book form or in specialist journals and in the press.

Honors

Remarks

  1. ↑ During the meeting of the International Union for Applied Ornithology from 2–5 October 1962 worked as his editorial colleagues Herbert Bruns and Werner Keil; Source: Applied Ornithology , 3–4 / 1963

Works

  • The birds of our homeland , Frankfurt a. M.: Kramer, 1936;
  • The Rhine island "Kühkopf" , ed. v. SP, Frankfurt a. M .: Eberling 1941; Facsimile d. 1st edition, Riedstadt: Forum, 2004;
  • Paperback of the German bird world , Frankfurt a. M .: Kramer, 1949; 3rd edition 1952;
  • The economic importance of bird protection and its recent practice (lecture), Frankfurt a. M.: State. Vogelschutzwarte, 1952;
  • The Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue nature reserve , ed. v. SP, Bergen-Enkheim: Büchse, 1952; 4th edition Frankfurt a. M .: Strobach, 1979; Facsimile d. 2nd edition 1952, Riedstadt: Forum 2004;
  • together with Kurt Ruppert: Attempts to increase the settlement density of cave and bush-breeding bird species , Würzburg-Versbach (in cooperation with Herbert Bruns), 1953; 2nd edition 1953;
  • Experimental investigations and field observations to determine the extermination of the Colorado potato beetle (leptinotarsa ​​decemlineata Say) by central European bird species , Berlin: Parey, 1955;
  • Results of two attempts to increase the population density of birds on small forest areas and adjacent large areas , In: Biolog. Treatises, 6, 1955;
  • Paperback for bird protection , ed. v. SP, Frankfurt: Limpert, 1957;
  • New knowledge about the importance of birds in biological forest protection , Frankfurt a. M .: Heinrich, 1957;
  • together with Werner Keil: Attempts to increase the population density of cave and free-breeding bird species and nutritional studies on nestlings of some songbird species in a damaged area of ​​the oak moth (Tortrix viridana L.) in the east of Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg: Verl. Biolog. Treatises, 1958;
  • Festschrift ed. anl. d. 25th anniversary of the bird sanctuary for Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland - Institute for Applied Ornithology , ed. v. SP, Frankfurt a. M .: Vogelschutzwarte, 1962;
  • Bird protection yesterday, today and tomorrow , In: Annual issue ... of the German Federation for Bird Protection, 1969;
  • together with H. u. G. Lambert: The bird world of nature u. Landscape protection areas and its surroundings in the east of Frankfurt am Main, The landscape around Bergen-Enkheim , City of Bergen-Enkheim, 1970.

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personal data
SURNAME Pfeifer, Sebastian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Schimborn , Lower Franconia
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1982
Place of death Frankfurt am Main