Dr Robert Carl Zimmermann
Tropical forester

country Canada

Education:

• BA Geography minor, University of California, Berkeley, 1961
• MA, Agricultural Geography, Syracuse University, NY, 1963
• PhD, Geography/Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1966

Professional Career:

• Research ecologist, US Geological Survey
• Assist/Ass. Professor Biogeography, Mc Gill University, 1968-1977
• Independent forestry/land-use consultant, 1978-1997

Research Interests and Publications:

• Forest and range ecology

  Publications

  • Zimmermann, R.C. et al. (1967) The influence of vegetation on channel form of small streams. In: IASH Symposium on River Morphology, Publ. No 75, 255-275.
  • Zimmermann, R.C. (1969) Plant ecology of an arid basin Tres-Alamos-Redington area, southeastern Arizona. US Geological Survey Prof. Paper 485-D.
  • Moore, T.R. and Zimmermann, R.C. (1977) Establishment of vegetation on serpentine asbestos mine wastes, southeastern Quebec, Canada. In: Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol. 14, 589-599.
  • Zimmermann, R.C. & Thom, B.G. (1982) Physiographic plant ecology. In:Progress in Physical Geography, Vol. 6, 45-59.
  
  
• Tropical forestry

  Publications

  • Zimmermann, R.C. (1982; 1992) Environmental impact of forestry. FAO Conservation Guide 7.
  • Chavangi, A.H. and Zimmermann, R.C. (1987) Guide to farm forestry in Kenya. Nairobi Kenya Forest Department (RAES).
  
  
• Landscape ecology; landscape history; landscape photography

  Publications

  • Zimmermann, R.C. (1965) Chestnut blight in the forests of southern Switzerland. Geographical Review, Vol. 55, 99-104.
  • Zimmermann, R.C. (1981) Disappearing rural landscapes: a plea for a more systematic pictorial record. Europa, vol. 4, 267-271.
  
  

Other Functions/Memberships:

• Society of Tropical Foresters