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• Reinhard Rieger Award

REINHARD RIEGER-AWARD IN ZOOMORPHOLOGY

The Reinhard Rieger-Award is given in memory of the zoologist Reinhard Rieger (1943 - 2006). The prize is awarded annually for outstanding research in the field of zoomorphology.

Its purpose is to recognize an outstanding research article from the entire spectrum of functional and evolutionary morphology in the animal kingdom. Preference will be given to studies that are convincing in their potential to elucidate changes in morphologies and functions in the broader ecomorphological and evolutionary framework. Combination of methods, clear documentation, concise presentation also of the theoretical implications are important criteria for the evaluation.

The award was initiated by Prof. Dr. Wilfried Westheide and is sponsored by the two publishers John Wiley & Sons and Springer, and also by the Institute of Zoology at the University of Innsbruck. It consists of a grant of $ 3000 and the distinguished publication of the manuscript either in the "Journal of Morphology" or in "Zoomorphology".

The selection committee includes the chief executive editors of the two journals and members of the Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology at the Institute of Zoology (University of Innsbruck, Austria). Members of the international reviewing panel are: M.S. Fischer (University of Jena, Germany), A. Goldschmid (University of Salzburg, Austria), R. Kristensen, (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), A. Minelli (University of Padova, Italy), S. Tyler (University of Maine, USA), W. Westheide (University of Osnabrück, Germany).

All papers published in or submitted to "Zoomorphology" and "J. of Morphology" will be evaluated by the selection committee.
For the price awarded in 2012, papers published or submitted between July 2011 and June 2012 are eligible.

Corresponding authors of price-winning manuscripts will be informed about the decision immediately after the selection has been made.

Inquiries about the submission should be addressed to: bert.hobmayer@uibk.ac.at, or to: peter.ladurner@uibk.ac.at

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