Gerould Wilhelm

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Gerould Wilhelm
Born1948
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Florida State University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale [2]
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Lichenology
Institutions United States Army Corps of Engineers, Morton Arboretum, Conservation Design Forum, Conservation Research Institute
Thesis Vascular Flora of the Pensacola Region (1984)
Doctoral advisor Robert H. Mohlenbrock

Gerould S. Wilhelm (born 1948) is an American botanist and lichenologist. He is known as author of several floras of the Chicago Region and the development of the Floristic Quality Assessment methodology, a tool to assess the integrity of natural areas. He is the director of research at Conservation Research Institute, a nonprofit organization "dedicated to the promotion of planning, design, restoration, and long-term management of sustainable ecological systems in built and natural environments through applied research, education, and outreach."

Selected publications

The standard author abbreviation G.Wilh. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [3]

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References

  1. Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
  2. Wilhelm, Gerould. "The Origin of Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis". Conservation Research Institute. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  3. IPNI.  G.Wilh.