Professor in Biology at the University of Oslo Professor in the History of Science Dr. Scient. (biology) Magister Artium (philosophy) Fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Research areas: Ecology of reproduction, life histories, population dynamics, intra- and interspecific interactions, community assembly in saxicolous habitats (coastal cliffs & alpine zone) as well as boreal forests, ecophysiology, lichen taxonomy, vascular plant biodiversity, genetics and conservation in agricultural landscapes. Recent field studies in Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, France (Corsica, Pyrenees), Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Svalbard (Norway). Recent projects and publications in biology Recent publications in the history of science and ideas Hovedoppgaver (available cand. scient. thesis projects) Office address: University of Oslo, Department of Biology Division of Botany and Plant Physiology P.O.Box 1066 Blindern N-0316 Oslo, Norway Telephone: + 47 22 85 45 81 Telefax: + 47 22 85 46 64 E-mail: geir.hestmark@bio.uio.no