Macfadyen, Amyan

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MACFADYEN, Amyan

MACFADYEN, Amyan. British, b. 1920. Genres: Zoology, Environmental sciences/Ecology. Career: Lecturer, then Reader, University College of Swansea, 1956-65; Professor, Jordbundsbiologisk Institutet, University of Aarhus, Denmark, 1965-67; Professor of Biology, Dean, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, New University of Ulster, Coleraine, 1967-86, now Emeritus. Ed., Advances in Ecological Research, 1974-92. President, British Ecological Society, 1972-74. President, International Society for Ecology, 1974-78. Publications: Animal Ecology: Aims and Methods, 1957, 1963, rev. ed. 1965; (with K. Petrusewicz) Productivity of Terrestrial Animals, 1970; (with J. M. Anderson) The Role of Terrestrial and Aquatic Organisms in Decomposition Processes, 1976. Address: 23 Mountsandel Rd, Coleraine BT52 1JE, Northern Ireland. Online address: [email protected]

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