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Glutz von Blotzheim, U. N.

Ornithologische Forschung im 20. Jahrhundert in der Schweiz – ein erfolgreiches Miteinander von Fachleuten und Laienornithologen.

2009

106

3–48

Key words
(von 1994 bis 2006 vergeben)

Biographie, Geschichte, Vogelschutz, Ornithologie, Avifaunistik, Wasservogelzählungen, Vogelzugforschung, Alpenzugforschung, Radarornithologie, Physiologie, Morphologie, Mauser, Brutbiologie, Siedlungsdichte, Leopold Greppin, Ernst Heinrich Zollikofer, Alphonse Mathey-Dupraz, Arnold Masarey, Hans Noll, Hans Steiner, Walter Knopfli, Josef Bussmann, Robert Amberg, Julie Schinz, Olivier Meylan, Adolf Portmann, Hans Eduard Riggenbach, Ulrich A. Corti, Emil Weitnauer, Hans Arn, Max Bloesch, Johannes Heim, Jakob Huber, Hans Meier, Martin Schwarz, Alfred Schifferli, Ernst M. Lang, Charles Albert Walter Guggisberg, Werner Haller, Alfred Schwab, Ernst Sutter, Werner Geissbühler, Willfried Epprecht, Hans Herren, Diethelm Zimmermann, Rudolf Domenico Melcher, Gerhart Wagner, Beat Tschanz, Willi Thönen, Dieter Burckhardt, Lukas Hoffmann, Fritz Amann, Hans Leuzinger, Otto Appert, Rolf Hauri, Josef Hofer, Vinzenz Ziswiler, Roger Alfred Stamm, Adelheid Studer-Thiersch, Heinz Hafner, Dominique Homberger, Anne-Marie Glutz von Blotzheim, Paul Géroudet, Jean Pierre Ribaut, Gérard de Crousaz, Michel Godel, Francis Benoit, Jean Strahm, Angelo Ghidini, Augusto Witzig, Pietro D'Alessandri, Roberto Lardelli

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Ornithological research in Switzerland in the course of the 20th century – a fruitful collaboration of professionals and amateurs. – This contribution is not to be seen as the still missing history of Swiss Ornithology. (1) Basically there is no space for it here. (2) The Ala was founded as a countrywide society. However, after the foundation of «Nos Oiseaux» in 1913, it became more and more restricted to the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Therefore this contribution focuses on this part of Switzerland, although the French- or Italian-speaking ornithologists have greatly contributed to the advancement of ornithology in Switzerland. The characteristic fields of Swiss ornithologists are faunistics, migration, conservation biology, morphology and moult. Switzerland belongs to the leading countries with regard to knowledge on the status of birds, their occurrence, their numbers, their breeding biology and migration. The tradition of counting waterbirds is nearly 60 years old. The results have been the basis for a number of important papers on the ecology of waterbirds. The passage of migrants has been studied intensively on several mountain passes. The Col de Cou and Col de Bretolet belong to the most important sites for studying bird migration in Europe. Another long lasting and impressive tradition is the radar ornithology which began about 1955. It evolved as one of the most successful fields of Swiss ornithology with astonishing contributions not only in or near the Alps but also on the Mediterranean coasts, in the Middle East and in the Mauritanian Sahara. Moult and ageing of birds belong to the topics where a number of Swiss ornithologists are esteemed specialists. Studies on breeding biology and territory mapping have lost some of their importance in favour of monitoring. Other fields, such as evolutionary biology, ethology, physiology, genetics, parasitology are covered by some individuals or some university research groups only. In the last two decades the number of applied research projects to minimise the negative effects on biodiversity by new trends in land use has increased. There is, however, a huge disparity between recommendations by scientists and their application. Some scientists and amateurs – dealt with in detail – had either a strong influence on the evolution of Swiss ornithology or are good examples for outstanding achievements, not only by well equipped laboratories, but also by non-professionals captivated by a fascinating research idea or with a long lasting endurance contrasting with the claim for innovation in science.