A. W. Kuchler

{{short description|German-American naturalist (1907–1999)}} '''August William Kuchler''' (born ''August Wilhelm Küchler''; 26 July 1907 – 17 June 1999) was a German-born [[United States|American]] [[geographer]] and naturalist who is noted for developing a [[Phytocoenosis|plant association]] system that has become widely used in the United States.<ref>A. Watkins</ref> Some of this database has been digitized for integration into [[GIS]] mapping systems.<ref>A. W. Kuchler, 1996</ref> Kuchler received his Ph.D. in geography from the [[Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München]] in 1935.<ref name="AAG">[http://www.aag.org/cs/honors Honors of the Association of American Geographers]</ref> In 1978, he received the [[Association of American Geographers]]' Honors award.<ref name="AAG" /> He is the author of the book ''Vegetation Mapping''.<ref name="AAG" /><ref>[https://archive.org/details/vegetationmappin0000unse Vegetation mapping by Küchler, A. W. (August William), 1907-1999 Internet Archive]</ref>

==See also== * [[Biome]]

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==References== * [http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/chronob/KUCH1907.htm Kuchler, A(ugust) William [Wilhelm<nowiki>]</nowiki> (Germany-United States 1907-1999)] * [http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/guides/vegetation.htm Ann Watkins, ''Terrestrial vegetation of the U.S. by state''] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090502073702/http://gis.ca.gov/catalog/BrowseRecord.epl?id=1854 A.W. Kuchler (1996) ''Potential Natural Vegetation for California'', California State Resources Agency]

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