Strasburger-Preis für Severin Irl

Severin Irl, Department of Biogeography, University of Bayreuth, has been awarded the Eduard Strasburger Award for his 2015 paper "Climate vs. topography – spatial patterns of plant species diversity and endemism on a high-elevation island" in the Journal of Ecology. The prize is awarded every 2 years by the German Botanical Society and Springer Spektrum to a young researcher for outstanding work in the field of botany.