Evert "Eddy" van der Maarel (23 February 1934 – 4 April 2021) was a Dutch ecologist. He spent most of his career as professor of ecological botany at

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in Sweden.

Career

Van der Maarel was born on 23 February 1934 in

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. He studied biology at the

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between 1951 and 1959. Between 1962 and 1968 he worked at the institute of botany of

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and later at the institute of plant ecology of the

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. Van der Maarel obtained his PhD at Utrecht University in 1966 with a dissertation titled : "Over vegetatiestructuren, -relaties en -systemen in het bijzonder in de duingraslanden van Voorne". Between 1968 and 1981 he was a lecturer of geobotany at the Catholic University Nijmegen. From 1981 to 1999 van de Maarel was a professor of ecological botany at

. From 1995 to 1999 he was the

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professor at the University of Groningen. He retired in 1999. He died on 4 April 2021. He was the founder of the ''Journal of Vegetation Science'' and ''Applied Vegetation Science''.

Honours and awards

Van der Maarel was elected a corresponding member of the

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

in 1986. He became a fellow of the

Royal Physiographic Society in Lund The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund ( sv, Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund), is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. It was founded in Lund, on December 2, 1772, and received a Royal Charter by Gustav III, on March 6, 1778.

in 1991. He was elected a foreign member of the

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in the group of biosciences and was a Honorary Member of the International Association for Vegetation Science.

References

1934 births 2021 deaths Dutch ecologists Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Members of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Scientists from Amsterdam University of Amsterdam alumni University of Groningen faculty Uppsala University faculty Utrecht University alumni {{Ecology-bio-stub