Department of Ecology	Faculty of Science	Lund University
	How to visit us

The visitors address for the Ecology building (map) is Sölvegatan 37. You can also enter from Getingevägen 60. This is preferable if you have a car as more parking is available. Animal ecology is housed on the second floor, which is locked to the public. To enter you can phone the person you wish to see. There are local phones (use the 5-digit number from the phone list at the Sölvegatan entrance and at the lower level entrance from Getingevägen. During business hours you can also phone from the reception at the bottom floor.

History

1958. Per Brinck is appointed Professor in Zoology. He and the rest of the Department of Zoology is housed in Helgonav. 3 (the old brownish house). After that a subdepartment of Systematics, Animal Geography and Animal Ecology is formed.
1970. The subdepartment moves to a new location at Helgonav. 5 ("gamla ekologihuset", the yellow brick building).
1972. The former subdepartment of Entomology is renamed "Animal Systematics" and the rest of Per Brinck's department becomes "Animal Ecology".
1985. Animal Ecology parts from Zoology and forms together with the subdepartments (from various previous affiliations) Plant Ecology, Limnology and Microbial Ecology the new Department of Ecology.
1986. Per Brinck retires and Sam Erlinge is appointed professor in Animal Ecology.
1986. The subdepartment Theoretical Ecology is formed, partly with staff from Animal Ecology.
1987. The subdepartment Chemical Ecology is formed by staff from Animal Ecology.
1994. Sam Erlinge retires and Thomas Alerstam is appointed professor in Animal Ecology.
1994. Animal Ecology moves (with the rest of the Ecology subdepartments, previously scattered over the town) to the newly erected Ecology building at Sölvegatan 37.
1998. Part of the staff (the Pheromone group) becomes part of the subdepartment Chemical Ecology.

Address: Animal Ecology, Adress: Zooekologiska avdelningen, Ekologihuset, Sölvegatan 37, 22362 LUND
Telefon sekr. Anne Fogelberg: 046-2229315 Fax: 046-2224716
Ansvarig utgivare: Prof. Thomas Alerstam Thomas.Alerstam@zooekol.lu.se
Senast uppdaterad: 2008-12-30 av Johan Nilsson