About the Author

Peter Berthold

Prof. Dr. Peter Berthold was director of the Radolfzell Bird Observatory, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology until 2004. During his time at the Radolfzell Bird Observatory (from 1967), he specialized in seven areas of research: bird migration research, annual periodicity, population dynamics, nutritional biology, genetics, capercaillie research, and basic research for nature and environmental protection. In 1981, he was appointed professor of biology at the University of Konstanz. He is a member and honorary member of numerous societies, academies, committees, and nature conservation organizations in Germany and abroad. Since his retirement, he has primarily dedicated himself to nature conservation, particularly as a foundation board member of the Heinz Sielmann Foundation and the Lake Constance Biotope Network. He has received numerous awards for his original and groundbreaking work.