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David Lambert Lack FRS [1] (16 July 1910 – 12 March 1973) was a British evolutionary biologist who made contributions to ornithology, ecology, and ethology. [4] His 1947 book, Darwin's Finches, on the finches of the Galapagos Islands was a landmark work as were his other popular science books on Life of the Robin and Swifts in a ...
David Lambert Lack (16 de julio de 1910 - 12 de marzo de 1973) fue un ornitólogo y biólogo inglés. Lack nació en Londres y se educó en la Escuela Gresham , Norfolk y en el Magdalene College de Cambridge donde estudió Ciencias Naturales.
robin. David Lambert Lack (born July 16, 1910, London, Eng.—died March 12, 1973, Oxford, Oxfordshire) was a British ornithologist, best known as the author of The Life of the Robin (1943) and other works that popularized natural science. Lack was educated at Magdalene College, Cambridge (M.A., 1936), and taught zoology in Devon from 1933 to ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
21 de jul. de 2023 · Lack's pioneering conclusions in Darwin's Finches mark the beginning of a new scientific discipline, evolutionary ecology. Tim Birkhead, in his acclaimed book, The Wisdom of Birds, calls Lack the 'hero of modern ornithology.' Who was this influential, yet relatively unknown man?
The use of radar to detect ships and aircraft became a key part of Britain's defence in the early part of the Second World War, but not all echoes were those of operational targets. David Lack, of the Army Operational Research Group, showed that many unexplained echoes came from flying birds, despite critics at the time.
- Anthony D. Fox, Patrick D. L. Beasley
- 2010
1 de oct. de 2010 · David Lack and the birth of radar ornithology. October 2010. Archives of Natural History 37 (2):325-332. DOI: 10.3366/anh.2010.0013. Authors: A. D. Fox. Aarhus University. Patrick D. L....
The Life of David Lack: Father of Evolutionary Ecology. Ted Anderson, an American biology professor, has written an excellent and fascinating account of the life and work of perhaps the most influential ornithologist and evolutionist of the 20 th century.
