Ervin Rössler or Erwin Rößler (20 August 1876 – 6 January 1933) was a Croatian zoologist. He founded the Croatian ornithological centre and was involved in studies on bird migration. He also worked on fish biology and pisciculture. He was a professor at the Zagreb Forestry Academy.
Rössler was born in
Kyjov
Kyjov (; or ''Geyen'') is a town in Hodonín District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monum ...
, Moravia, and went to school in
Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...
before going to the
University of Zagreb
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. In 1893 he began to study bird migration in the Osijek area. He then worked a school teacher for a while and in 1900 he received a doctorate for his research on birds. In 1901 he founded the Croatian ornithological centre. In 1902 he published a list of the birds of Croatia. He also studied the lacertid lizards of the south Dalmatian islands. In 1904 he began to work on ornithology at the university while teaching in the faculty of agriculture and forestry zoology. In 1910 he organized systematic bird ringing in Croatia. From 1910 to 1928 he edited the hunting magazine ''Lovački vjesnik''. In 1927–1929 he worked on fisheries, examining the prospect of carp breeding.
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1876 births
1933 deaths
People from Kyjov
Croatian ornithologists