Person

Recher, Harry Frederick

Born
New York City, New York, United States of America
Occupation
Ornithologist and Conservationist

Summary

Harry Recher is particularly interested in conservation issues and the biology of forest birds and has contributed to our knowledge of the effects of both fire and logging on forest bird communities. He has also undertaken research on the role of corridors in conservation and management of forest bird communities. Recher was co-editor and author of three books, A natural legacy: ecology in Australia ( 1979), Birds of eucalypt forests and woodland: ecology, conservation, management. (1985) and Woodlands of Australia, all of which were awarded the Whitley Medal by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. He was foundation Editor of Pacific conservation biology from 1995. In 1996 Recher became foundation Professor of Environmental Management at Edith Cowan University,

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Chronology

1959
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Syracuse University, New York, U.S.A.
1964
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
1965 - 1966
Career position - Postdoctoral positions, University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University, U.S.A.
1967
Career position - Lecturer, University of Sydney
1967
Life event - Settled in Australia
1968 - 1988
Career position - Research Scientist, Australian Museum
1988 - 1996
Career position - Lecturer (later Associate Professor), Department of Ecosystem Management, University of New England
1994
Award - D. L. Serventy Medal, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1994
1995 -
Career position - Foundation Editor, Pacific conservation biology
1996 -
Career position - Foundation Professor of Environmental Management, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University
1998 - 2000
Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
2000 -
Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
2004
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to ecological science, particularly through the development of ecosystem management in Australia, and as an educator, author and advocate for biodiversity

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Book Sections

  • Recher, H. F.; and Lim, L., 'A review of current ideas of the extinction, conservation and management of Australia's terrestrial vertebrate fauna' in Australian ecosystems: 200 years of utilization, degradation and reconstruction: proceedings of a symposium held in Geraldton, Western Australia, 29 August - 2 September, 1988, Saunders, D. A.; Hopkins, A. J.; and How, R. A., eds (Chipping Norton, N.S.W.: Surrey Beatty & Sons for the Ecological Society of Australia, 1990), pp. 287-301. Details

Edited Books

  • Davis, William E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Recher, Harry F. eds, Contributions to the history of Australasian ornithology, volume III (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2017), 613 pp. Details
  • Davis, William E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Recher, Harry F. eds, Contributions to the history of Australasian ornithology, volume IV (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2018), 608 pp. Details
  • Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry E.; Boles, Walter E.; and Jackson, Jerome A. eds, Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology (Cambridge (Mass.) : Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2008), 481 pp. Details
  • Davis, William E.; Recher, Harry F.; and Boles, Walter E. eds, Contributions to the History of Australasian Ornithology, volume 2 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2012), 532 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Boles, Walter E.; and Recher, Harry F., 'Obituary: James Allen Keast 15 November 1922 - 8 March 2009', Emu, 109 (2009), 272-4. Details
  • French, Kris, 'D. L. Serventy Medal 1994 : citation - Harry Frederick Recher', Emu, 94 (3) (1994), 223. Details
  • Recher, Harry F., 'The Past, Future and Present of Biodiversity Conservation in Australia', Pacific Conservation Biology, 8 (1) (2002), 8-11. Details
  • Recher, Harry F.; and Saunders, Denis A., 'Tribute to David William Goodall DSc, AM: advocate and ecologist par excellence (4 April 1914 to 10 May 2018)', Pacific conservation biology, 25 (2019), v-vii. https://doi.org/10.1071/PCv25n1_OB. Details

Resources

See also

  • Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details

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