A. W. Kuchler (original) (raw)

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German-American naturalist (1907–1999)

August William Kuchler (born August Wilhelm Küchler; 26 July 1907 – 17 June 1999) was a German-born American geographer and naturalist who is noted for developing a plant association system that has become widely used in the United States.[1] Some of this database has been digitized for integration into GIS mapping systems.[2] Kuchler received his Ph.D. in geography from the University of Munich in 1935.[3] In 1978, he received the Association of American Geographers' Honors award.[3] He is the author of the book Vegetation Mapping.[3][4]

  1. ^ A. Watkins
  2. ^ A. W. Kuchler, 1996
  3. ^ a b c Honors of the Association of American Geographers
  4. ^ Vegetation mapping by Küchler, A. W. (August William), 1907-1999 Internet Archive