Background
Fægri was born in Bergen. He was the son of Major Ole A. Fægri (1875–1962) og Gudrun Stoltz (1881–1940) and nephew of botanist, natural scientist and politician Jørgen Brunchorst (1862-1917).
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The Principles of Pollination Ecology (Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Social Studies)
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A completely revised and rewritten edition of this comprehensive survey of the botanical problems of pollination ecology approached from both a theoretical and a practical viewpoint. Examples are drawn from all geographical areas where pollination has been studied and general principles are illustrated by a number of concrete examples. Introductory chapters survey the technical problems and draw comparisons with spore dissemination in cryptogams and pollination in gymnosperms. The following chapters deal with angiosperm pollination and are divided into three parts: organs involved in pollination, flower types and pollinator activities
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Knut Faegri
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Fægri got his Examen artium at the Bergen katedralskole in 1926 and took the dr.philos. degree in 1934 with the thesis Über die Längenvariationen einiger Gletscher des Jostedalsbre und die dadurch bedingten Pflanzensukzessionen. He was hired as a research fellow at the Chr. Michelsen Institute, was appointed professor at Bergen Museum in 1946 and from 1948 jointly at the museum and the University of Bergen.
He retired in 1979.
He was also editor-in-chief of the periodical Naturen between 1947 and 1977. Fægri was much-engaged in debates over societal issues of broad public interest. He was outspoken in his criticism of the negative effetcts of hydroelectric power development on nature and biodiversity.
He often had controversial views.
Foreign example, in the 1960s he agitated for a liberal act on use of marihuana, which he saw as something the state should leave with the individual citizen to decide about. Privately, he was a proponent of naturism and he appeared naked in a debate of that topic broadcast on Swedish television
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The Principles of Pollination Ecology (Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Social Studies)
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- THE PRINCIPLES OF POLLINATION ECOLOGY.
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The Principles of Pollination Ecology (Pergamon International Library of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Social Studies)
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