Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)

6 Introduction College, Szombathely), ÁKOS UHERKOVICH (Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs), ZOLTÁN SALLAI (NIMFEA Nature Protection Society, Szarvas), and LAJOS BALOGH, PÉTER Vízi and IBOLYA SCHMIDT (Savaria Museum, Szombathely). I am especially grateful to BRIAN MCLEAN, who besides translating the book into English, made several other contributions to preparing the English version. Finally, I owe thanks to my wife and children for the patience and understanding they showed while I spent most of my free time not with them, but in front of the computer. Secure and peaceful conditions for writing the manuscript were provided by a post-doctoral scholarship from the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA D25600) and a János Bolyai Research Scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Data collection for the English edition closed in May 2003.