del Moral, Roger 1943-

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del Moral, Roger 1943-

PERSONAL:

Born September 13, 1943. Education: University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., 1965, M.A., 1966, Ph.D., 1968.

ADDRESSES:

Office—University of Washington, Department of Biology, 24 Kincaid Hall, Box 355325, Seattle, WA 98195-1800; fax: 206-543-3041. E-mail—moral@u.washington.edu.

CAREER:

Academic and botanist. University of Washington, Seattle, professor of botany, 1968—, professor of biology, 2003—. CSIRO research fellow in Queensland and at the University of Melbourne, 1976-77.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Recipient of numerous research grants.

WRITINGS:

(With Lawrence R. Walker) Primary Succession and Ecosystem Rehabilitation, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 2003.

(With Lawrence R. Walker) Environmental Disasters, Natural Recovery, and Human Responses, Cambridge University Press (New York, NY), 2007.

Contributor to academic journals, including Ecography, American Journal of Botany, Plant Ecology, American Midland Naturalist, Northwest Science, and Journal of Vegetation Science.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Biodiversity, September, 2007, Andy Hamilton, review of Environmental Disasters, Natural Recovery, and Human Responses, p. 47.

BioScience, November, 2003, review of Primary Succession and Ecosystem Rehabilitation, p. 1129.

Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, October, 2007, J. Cummings, review of Environmental Disasters, Natural Recovery, and Human Responses, p. 308.