Project director HENRIK BALSLEV
Professor, Ph.D., FLS, Born 4 January 1951 in
Positions Held
1978–1981, Herbarium Fellow, The New York Botanical Garden; 1981–1983, Profesor de Botánica and Director del Herbario, P. Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito; 1983–1984, Associate Curator, The New York Botanical Garden; 1984–1989, Associate Professor (lektor), Aarhus University; 1989–1997, Senior Associate Professor (docent), Aarhus University; 1997–, Professor.
Administrative Experience
Director of the Herbarium, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito (1981–1984); Curator of the Herbarium, Botanisk Institut, Aarhus Universitet (1984–1994); Organizing Committee of Symposium on Tropical Forests, Aarhus Universitet (1988); Member of The Committee for Research related to Developing Countries at Aarhus University)(1988–1995); Member of Committee for PhD studies at University of Aarhus Faculty of Natural Sciences (1990–1995); Member of Committee for PhD studies, Institute of Biology, University of Aarhus (1991–1995); chairman of the Department of Systematic Botany, University of Aarhus 1999-2000.
Selected Publications
Henrik Balslev has written about 90 scientific papers and authored, co-authored or co-edited 11 books, all dealing with the taxonomy of Neotropical plants or with the structure, diversity and dynamics of various vegetation types in South America, particularly in the
Balslev, H., J. L. Luteyn, B. Øllgaard & L. B. Holm-Nielsen. 1987. Composition and structure of adjacent unflooded and floodplain forest in Amazonian Ecuador. Opera Botanica 92: 37–57.
Holm-Nielsen, L. B.,
Poulsen, A. D. & H. Balslev, 1991. Abundance and cover of ground herbs in an Amazonian rain forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 2: 315–322.
Balslev, H. & J. L. Luteyn (eds.). 1992. Páramo. An Andean Ecosystem Under Human Influence. pp. 1–282. Academic Press,
Valencia, R., H. Balslev, & G. Paz y Miño. 1994. High tree alpha diversity in Amazonian Ecuador. Biodiversity and Conservation 3: 21–28.
Churchill, S. P., J. L. Luteyn, H. Balslev & E. Forero (eds.). 1995. Biodiversity and Conservation. Neotropical Montane Forests. pp. 1-702. The
Balslev, H. 1996. Juncaceae In: Flora Neotropica Monographs 68:1-163.
Madsen, J., R. Mix & H. Balslev. 2001. Flora of Isla Puná: Plant resources on a Neotropical Island. Pp. 1–330.
Kristensen, M. & H. Balslev. 2003. Perceptions, use and availability of woody plants among the Gourounsi in
Jaramillo, T. S., Muriel, P. & H. Balslev. 2004. Myristicaceae in Flora Ecuador (eds. G. Harling & L. Andersson). 72: 1–101.