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| Titel |
Christian Theodor Vaupell, a Danish 19th century naturalist and a pioneering developer of the Quaternary geoscience |
| VerfasserIn |
J. K. Nielsen, S. Helama |
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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2190-5010
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In: History of Geo- and Space Sciences ; 3, no. 2 ; Nr. 3, no. 2 (2012-09-05), S.143-150 |
| Datensatznummer |
250001017
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/hgss-3-143-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Christian Theodor Vaupell (1821–1862) was a Danish scholar with
pioneering investigations particularly on the late Quaternary development of
bog forests, but also microscopy of plant anatomy and vegetative
reproduction. His studies contributed to the early scientific thinking of
the Quaternary environmental changes. Before his academic efforts, he had
already survived the war between Prussia and Denmark albeit he became
severely wounded and his left arm was amputated. The drama of his academic
efforts, on the other hand, lies in the more or less suspicious dispute of
his first doctoral thesis and his dismissal from the academic world during
the following years. At the same time, he earned praise for his first
thesis (never accepted as thesis but published as a regular book) from
abroad; he was also able to attract private foundations for financial support
of his scientific work. Following the enthusiasm of his time, Vaupell became
attracted to the pine megafossils known to have been preserved in the bogs in
north-west Europe. The megafossils led him to study not only the life
systems of the ancient and modern bog forests but also their associations
with Earth processes. As an interesting detail of his research, Vaupell made
compound interpretations on the occurrence of megafossil stumps and their
tree-ring growth patterns. In the course of the 20th century, Vaupell's
studies have been cited as a general reference of post-glacial vegetation
change and plant succession rather than clearly pioneering investigations of
palaeoecology, an angle that we would like put into a contrasting
perspective. To do so, we provide a brief portrait of Christian Vaupell and
his research career. In conclusion, we wish to emphasize the
comprehensiveness of Vaupell's views on the late Quaternary vegetation
changes and the role of plant succession in that development. |
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