David Schiel

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David Schiel is a marine ecologist and biologist from New Zealand. He studied at the University of Auckland and was awarded a PhD in 1980. The title of his doctoral thesis was A demographic and experimental evaluation of plant and herbivore interactions in subtidal algal stands. [1] He is currently a Distinguished Professor of University of Canterbury. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Schiel, David (1980). A demographic and experimental evaluation of plant and herbivore interactions in subtidal algal stands (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/1619.
  2. "David Schiel". canterbury.ac.nz. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  3. "UC academic elevated to Distinguished Professor". stuff.co.nz. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2017.