LEADER 03389nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910786740403321 005 20230803030029.0 010 $a0-19-933993-7 010 $a0-19-992265-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000357803 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25159716 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000886309 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12431819 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886309 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10816747 035 $a(PQKB)10287028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1192560 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1192560 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10703961 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL491339 035 $a(OCoLC)843334890 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000357803 100 $a20130320d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe life of David Lack$b[electronic resource] $efather of evolutionary ecology /$fTed R. Anderson 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (352 pages ) $cillustrations (black and white) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-992264-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter I: The Birds of Cambridgeshire -- Chapter II: The Life of Robin -- Chapter III: Darwin's Finches -- Chapter IV: Robin Redbreast -- Chapter V: The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers -- Chapter VI: Swifts in a Tower -- Chapter VII: Evolutionary Theory and Christian Belief -- Chapter VIII: Enjoying Ornithology -- Chapter IX: Population Studies of Birds -- Chapter X: Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds -- Chapter XI: Ecological Isolation in Birds -- Chapter XII: Evolution Illustrated by Waterfowl -- Chapter XIII: Island Biology -- Notes. 330 8 $aThe first biography of David Lack, the father of evolutionary ecology and an acclaimed ornithologist$bMost 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. 606 $aBiologists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aBirds$xEvolution 606 $aEvolution (Biology) 606 $aOrnithologists$zGreat Britain$vBiography 615 0$aBiologists 615 0$aBirds$xEvolution. 615 0$aEvolution (Biology) 615 0$aOrnithologists 676 $a598.092 676 $aB 686 $aSCI020000$2bisacsh 700 $aAnderson$b Ted R$01493331 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786740403321 996 $aThe life of David Lack$93716265 997 $aUNINA