A. W. Kuchler Explained

August William Kuchler (born August Wilhelm Küchler; 26 July 1907  - 17 June 1999) was a German-born American geographer and naturalist who is noted for developing a plant association system that has become widely used in the United States.^[1] Some of this database has been digitized for integration into GIS mapping systems.^[2] Kuchler received his Ph.D. in geography from the University of Munich in 1935.^[3] In 1978, he received the Association of American Geographers' Honors award. He is the author of the book Vegetation Mapping.^[4]

See also

• Biome

References

• Kuchler, A(ugust) William [Wilhelm<nowiki>] (Germany-United States 1907-1999)]
• Ann Watkins, Terrestrial vegetation of the U.S. by state
• A.W. Kuchler (1996) Potential Natural Vegetation for California, California State Resources Agency

Notes and References

1. A. Watkins
2. A. W. Kuchler, 1996
3. http://www.aag.org/cs/honors Honors of the Association of American Geographers
4. https://archive.org/details/vegetationmappin0000unse Vegetation mapping by Küchler, A. W. (August William), 1907-1999 Internet Archive