David Cantrill
FORMER STAFF

David Cantrill

Senior Curator 2002-2006

Contact


Phone: +61-3-9252-2301
Fax: +61-3-9252-2413
E-mail: David.Cantrill@rbg.vic.gov.au

Research area


David Cantrill works on the history of Antarctic vegetation and in particular the role that Antarctica has played in developing present day patterns of plant distribution in the Southern Hemisphere. He has recently moved to the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne where he is the chief botanist and director of the National Herbarium of Victoria.

Projects
Petrified peats of Antarctica
Biodiversity change during a greenhouse to ice house transition
Mesozoic history of Antarctic terrestrial vegetation

Publications


Publications
Page updated: 2009-09-30
The Swedish Museum of Natural History
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