02812nam 2200613Ia 450 991046258650332120200520144314.00-19-933993-70-19-992265-9(CKB)2670000000357803(StDuBDS)AH25159716(SSID)ssj0000886309(PQKBManifestationID)12431819(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886309(PQKBWorkID)10816747(PQKB)10287028(MiAaPQ)EBC1192560(Au-PeEL)EBL1192560(CaPaEBR)ebr10703961(CaONFJC)MIL491339(OCoLC)843334890(EXLCZ)99267000000035780320130320d2013 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe life of David Lack[electronic resource] father of evolutionary ecology /Ted R. AndersonOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20131 online resource (352 pages ) illustrations (black and white)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-992264-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.The first biography of David Lack, the father of evolutionary ecology and an acclaimed ornithologistMost people who have taken a biology course in the past 50 years are familiar with the work of David Lack, but few remember his name. Almost all general biology texts produced during that period have a figure showing the beak size differences among the finches of the Galapagos Islands from Lack's 1947 classic, Darwin's Finches. Lack's pioneering conclusions in Darwin's Finches mark the beginning of a new scientific discipline, evolutionary ecology. Tim Birkhead, in his acclaimedbook, The Wisdom of Birds, calls Lack the 'hero of modern ornithology.' Who was this influential, yet relatively unknown man? The Life of David Lack, Father of Evolutionary Ecology provides an answer to that question based on Ted Anderson's personal interviews with colleagues, family members andformer students as well as material in the extensive Lack Archive at Oxford University.BiologistsGreat BritainBiographyBirdsEvolutionEvolution (Biology)OrnithologistsGreat BritainBiographyElectronic books.BiologistsBirdsEvolution.Evolution (Biology)Ornithologists598.092BAnderson Ted R917760MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462586503321The life of David Lack2057796UNINA