| Margarita Costa Tenorio | |
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| Born | 1951-02-16 Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain |
| Died | 2012-12-21 Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Complutense University of Madrid |
Margarita Costa Tenorio (Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain February 16, 1951 - Madrid, Spain December 21, 2012) was a Spanish biologist specialised in botany. She was a professor of the Complutense University of Madrid.
Biography
Margarita Costa Tenorio grew up in Vigo, moved with her family to Madrid and studied biology in the Complutense University of Madrid. In 1974 she joined the Plant Biology Department at the Faculty of Biology, in 1978 completed her PhD and continued working as a professor until her retirement in 2011.
Contributions and legacy
During the early years of her professional career she created a group of young botanists, with professors and alumni, whose studies on a geobotanic interpretation of the forests of the Iberian Peninsula led to the publication of the book "Los bosques ibéricos" (literally, the forests from Iberia) in 1997. This creation, the result of two decades of work, would become a reference for the study of the local vegetation. She also co-authored other books as "Evolución y filogenia".
From 1985 she collaborated in the Royal Society for Spanish Natural History, first as a librarian and later as organizer and speaker in conferences.
She combined her work as a professor with management positions, while engaging in the defence of a high quality public education and being a strong advocate for equal opportunities in education.
In 1998 she started to participate as well in "Natura 2000", a network of nature protection areas in the territory of the European Union.
References
- ^ Ángel Ramón Núñez. “In Memoriam Margarita Costa Tenorio (1951-2012)” Botanica Complutensis 37:223-225.2013. Date-access: April 24, 2021.
- Tenorio, Margarita Costa (1979). Contribución al estudio de la flora y vegetación de la Alcarria de Cuenca (PhD thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
- "Todos los libros del autor Costa Tenorio Margarita". www.todostuslibros.com (in Spanish). Retrieved April 24, 2021.
- Sais, Lluis Vilar (1995). Historia Natural' 93 : (actas de la XI Reunión Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Jaca, 13-18 de septiembre de 1993). Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses. ISBN 978-84-8127-031-0.
- "Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural". www.rsehn.es. Retrieved April 24, 2021.