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Carl Joseph Schröter
Carl Joseph Schröter (19 December 1855 – 7 February 1939) was a Swiss botanist born in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany. From 1874 he studied natural sciences at ''Eidgenössische Polytechnische Schule'' (ETH Zurich), where one of his early influences was geologist Albert Heim (1849–1937). Following his habilitation in 1878, he worked as an assistant to Carl Eduard Cramer (1831–1901). In 1883 he succeeded Oswald Heer (1809–1883) as professor of botany at ETH Zurich, a position he kept until 1926. Schröter was a pioneer in the fields of phytogeography and phytosociology. He introduced the concept of "autecology" to explain the relationship of an individual plant with its external environment, and " synecology" to express relationships between plant communities and external influences. In 1910 with Charles Flahault (1852–1935), he released ''Rapport sur la nomenclature phytogéographique'' (Reports on phytogeographical nomenclature), and with Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Flahault
Charles Henri Marie Flahault (3 October 1852 – 3 February 1935) was a French botanist, among the early pioneers of phytogeography, phytosociology, and forest ecology. The word '' relevé'' for a plant community sample is his invention. Early life and education Flahault was born in Bailleul, Nord, and received his Baccalauréat de Lettres at Douai in 1872, after which he became a gardener at the Jardin des Plantes de Paris. He was noticed by Joseph Decaisne (1807–1882), who gave him private lessons, after which he entered the Sorbonne in 1874 to study in the laboratory of Philippe Van Tieghem (1839–1914), obtaining his doctoral degree in biology in 1878. He continued his studies at Uppsala University in 1879 together with Gaston Bonnier. Career In 1881 joined the University of Montpellier where in 1883 he became professor of botany, and in 1890 he founded the ''Institut de Botanique''. The Swiss botanist Josias Braun-Blanquet was one of his students In 1888 Flahault was el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1855 Births
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People From Esslingen Am Neckar
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Academic Staff Of ETH Zurich
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Swiss Phytogeographers
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19th-century Swiss Botanists
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Moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils. Moorland, nowadays, generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but also includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also South West England). It is closely related to heath, although experts disagree on what precisely distinguishes these types of vegetation. Generally, moor refers to highland and high rainfall zones, whereas heath refers to lowland zones which are more likely to be the result of human activity. Moorland habitats mostly occur in tropical Africa, northern and western Europe, and neotropical South America. Most of the world's moorlands are diverse ecosystems. In the extensive moorlands of the tropics, biodiversity can be extremely high. Moorland also bears a relationship to tundra (where the subsoil is permafr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Jakob Früh
Johann Jakob Früh (22 June 1852 in Märwil – 8 April 1938 in Zürich) was a Swiss geographer and geologist. From 1869 to 1872 he attended the teacher's seminar in Kreuzlingen, then furthered his education at the University of Zürich, University and ETH Zürich, Polytechnic in Zürich. From 1877 to 1890 he taught classes in natural sciences and geography at the cantonal school in Trogen, Switzerland, Trogen, and afterwards worked as an assistant geologist at the Polytechnic in Zürich. In 1891 he obtained his habilitation, and in 1899 became the first full professor of geography at the Polytechnic. Published works In 1930–38 he published a major work on Swiss geography, titled ''Geographie der Schweiz'' (3 volumes). With botanist Carl Joseph Schröter, he was co-author of a book on Swiss moorlands, called ''Die Moore der Schweiz : mit Berücksichtigung der gesamten Moorfrage'' (1904). Other noted works by Früh are: * ''Über Torf und Dopplerit : eine minerogenetische S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forage Crops
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Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler
Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler (11 August 1852, in Safnern – 7 April 1935) was a Swiss agriculturalist and ethnographer. History Following classes at the agricultural school in Rütti, he studied agriculture at the Universities of Halle and Leipzig. In 1875, he founded a private ''Samen-Kontrollstation'' (seed control station) in Mattenhof bei Bern. In 1876 he gained his venia legendi at the ''Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich'' (ETH Zurich), where he taught classes in agricultural-related subjects until 1901. As an agriculturalist he published works on forage crops, alpine agriculture and pastoralism. From 1889 to 1916 he was editor of the ''Schweizerischen Landwirtschaftlichen Zeitung''. As his career progressed, he developed an interest in ethnography, making frequent visits to Valais in order to study the lives and customs of its population. Selected writings * '' Die bestern Futterpflanzen : Abbildungen und Beschreibungen derselben nebst ausführlicher Angaben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synecology
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