Mirko Vidaković


Mirko pl. Vidaković was a Croatian botanist and dendrologist and the expert for the genetics of the forest trees.

Biography

Vidaković was born in Lemeš, Bačka. He attained a professional qualification of engineer of forestry before 1949, when he was first employed as a lecturer at the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Zagreb.
He was a full member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1981.
He was the head of the arboretum in Trsteno since 1970.
He worked as UNDP's and FAO's expert in Pakistan, Vietnam and Hungary.
Together with forestry of Našice, in 1996 he founded first clone seminal plantation of pedunculate oak in Croatia.
He died in Zagreb at the age of 77.

Works

His works were published in various editions from international scientific gatherings, symposiums and consultations, mostly in area of ecological valorization of littoral carst, mechanization of agriculture, adaptation of forests to climate change etc.
He published his works in Annales forestales.