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5 de feb. de 2018 · David Lack (1910-1973) was Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology (EGI) at Oxford from 1945 to 1973.
The Significance of Clutch-size David Lack
David Lack; Courtship Feeding in Birds, The Auk, Volume 57, Issue 2, 1 April 1940, Pages 169–178, https://doi.org/10.2307/4078744
19 de abr. de 2001 · Request PDF | David Lack and the Development of Field Ornithology | 1910–1973Britishornithologist and ecologist who studied Galápagos finches, producing detailed studies of natural selection ...
Lack was one of the leading figures in British ornithology. His scientific research was on various aspects of speciation, population control, group selection, and ecological isolation. He also wrote two widely read books of more general interest, The life of the robin and Swifts in a tower. Lack was converted to Christianity in 1948 and wrote ...
Lack went on to use his wartime experience to launch the science of radar ornithology during the 1950s, which formed the basis of a development that continues to the present day with a range of more sophisticated radar equipment.
Within the last two decades, radar ornithology has played an increasingly important role in conservation of species that are migratory, endangered, threatened, or of special concern. IN THE APPROXIMATELY 60 years since the discovery that birds were responsible for some of the puzzling radar echoes dubbed “angels” by the British (Lack and Varley 1945, Buss 1946), radar has proven to be a ...
