Name Christian Nielsen | Died January 26, 1999 | |
Christian Overgaard Nielsen (January 16, 1918 – January 26, 1999) was a Danish zoologist and ecologist.
Career
Overgaard Nielsen was a soil ecologist, specializing in soil nematodes and Enchytraeidae. He investigated the role of the soil microfauna in the decomposition of plant litter and recycling of nutrients in ecosystems.
He was a visiting scientist with Charles Elton at Oxford University in 1950-1953. He was then employed at the Mols Laboratory under Aarhus University. In 1964, he was appointed professor of zoology at the University of Copenhagen.
He was the first Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Oikos (1949-1965).
References
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