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PhD Zoology University of Oxford

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According to Wikipedia, David Lambert Lack FRS was a British evolutionary biologist who made contributions to ornithology, ecology, and ethology. 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 Tower. He developed what is now known as Lack's Principle which explained the evolution of avian clutch sizes in terms of individual selection as opposed to the competing contemporary idea that they had evolved for the benefit of species . His pioneering life-history studies of the living bird helped in changing the nature of ornithology from what was then a collection-oriented field. He was a longtime director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology at the University of Oxford.

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David Lack's Published Works

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Ecological adaptations for breeding in birds (1969) (3646)
The natural regulation of animal numbers (1954) (2391)
Population Studies of Birds (1967) (1483)
Ecological isolation in birds (1971) (480)
Island biology: Illustrated by the land birds of Jamaica (1976) (277)
Bird migration and natural selection (1968) (200)
Courtship Feeding in Birds (1940) (175)
The Life Of The Robin (1953) (173)
Habitat Selection in Birds. With Special Reference to the Effects of Afforestation on the Breckland Avifauna (1933) (164)
The numbers of bird species on islands (1969) (142)
NATURAL SELECTION AND FAMILY SIZE IN THE STARLING (1948) (121)
The significance of clutch-size in waterfowl (1967) (120)
Competition for Food by Birds of Prey (1946) (118)
Swifts in a tower (1973) (112)
Detection of Birds by Radar (1945) (102)
The Significance of Litter-Size (1948) (94)
The Galapagos finches (Geospizinae) a study in variation (1945) (91)
The Ecology of Closely Related Species with Special Reference to Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and Shag (P. aristotelis) (1945) (87)
The Significance of Clutch-Size in the Partridge (Perdix perdix) (1947) (85)
Pair-Formation in Birds (1940) (79)
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COLOUR OF TURDINE EGGS (1958) (70)
The Influence of Weather on Passerine Migration. A Review (1960) (69)
The Food of the Swift (1955) (64)
Darwin's finches : an essay on the general biological theory of evolution (1961) (64)
Cuckoo hosts in England (1963) (63)
THE NUMBERS OF SPECIES OF HUMMINGBIRDS IN THE WEST INDIES (1973) (62)
A Long-Term Study of the Great Tit (Parus major) (1964) (57)
A Review of the Genera and Nesting Habits of Swifts (1956) (53)
The Nesting of the Long-Tailed Tit (1958) (49)
The Habitat Distribution of British Woodland Birds (1939) (44)
SUBSPECIES AND SYMPATRY IN DARWIN'S FINCHES (1969) (37)
Ecological Features of the Bird Faunas of British Small Islands (1942) (37)
The struggle for existence (1954) (36)
The proportion of yolk in the eggs of waterfowl (1968) (36)
Variation in the Introduced English Sparrow (1940) (33)
The endemic ducks of remote islands (1970) (31)
Evolution of the Galapagos Finches (1940) (31)
OBSERVATIONS ON BREEDING BEHAVIOR IN TRICOLORED RED-WINGS (1939) (30)
Evolution illustrated by waterfowl (1974) (29)
Tit Niches in Two Worlds; or Homage to Evelyn Hutchinson (1969) (29)
Population Changes in the Land Birds of a Small Island (1969) (28)
Significance of Clutch-size in Swift and Grouse (1964) (26)
FAMILY‐SIZE IN TITMICE OF THE GENUS PARUS (1950) (22)
Migrational Drift of Birds Plotted by Radar (1958) (16)
XV.—The Behaviour of the Robin. Population Changes over Four Years. (1940) (15)
Animal Numbers@@@The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers (1956) (13)
FAMILY SIZE IN CERTAIN THRUSHES (TURDIDAE) (1949) (13)
The detection of bird migration by high-power radar (1958) (13)
Habitat Distribution in Certain Icelandic Birds (1934) (13)
Visible migration at Land's End (1952) (11)
Variations in the reproductive rate of birds (1956) (11)
The Breeding Bird Population of British Heaths and Moorland: Together with an Account of a Census Over Seven Years on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire (1935) (10)
Notes on the Animal Ecology of Bear Island (1938) (10)
The Summer Movements of Swifts in England (1955) (8)
The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers@@@The Distribution and Abundance of Animals (1955) (7)
Artist's Life (1967) (7)
Weather Movements of Swifts 1955–1957 (1958) (5)
The Breeding Biology of the Chimney Swift Richard B. Fischer (1959) (5)
Early References to Territory in Bird Life (1944) (5)
Seaward Flights of Swifts at Dusk (1956) (5)
The Heathland Birds of South Haven Peninsula, Studland Heath, Dorset (1937) (4)
Swifts over the Sea at Night (1958) (4)
XVII.—Parasitic Hymenoptera from Bear Island (1934) (4)
The Releaser Concept in Bird Behaviour (1940) (3)
Visible migration in S.E. England, 1952 (1954) (3)
The Conflict Between Evolutionary Theory and Christian Belief (1960) (3)
XXII.—Trichoptera, Lepidoptera, and Coleoptera from Bear Island (1933) (3)
Two Robin Populations (1954) (3)
The First Primary in Swifts (1957) (3)
RECENT SWISS AND BRITISH WORK ON WATCHING MIGRATION BY RADAR (1958) (3)
Evolutionary Theory and Christian Belief: The Unresolved Conflict (1957) (3)
LXI.—Some insects from the Scoresby Sound Region, East Greenland, with an account of the fauna of a Nunatak (1934) (2)
Hints on Research for Bird-watchers (1960) (2)
Visible migration through the Pyrenees (1955) (2)
Species Formation on Islands@@@Darwin's Finches (1948) (2)
Distribution of North Atlantic Pelagic Birds. Serial Atlas of the Marine Environment (1968) (2)
The problems of birds as pests (1971) (1)
Peregrine falcon populations: Their biology and decline: edited by J. J. Hickey, The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Milwaukee & London: xii + 596 pp., 60 pls., 24·5 × 17 cm $10 or 95s., 1969 (1970) (1)
Geographical Distribution of European Birds (1960) (0)
The navigation of land-birds: Over the sea the radar evidence (1961) (0)
Annual Report Of The Edward Grey Institute (May 1957, to April 1958) (1958) (0)
Bird Populations@@@A Population Study of Penguins@@@Swifts in a Tower (1957) (0)
Vernacular Names of Birds (1947) (0)
Forest ornithological investigations. (1950) (0)
The Bird-Life of an Eastern County@@@The Birds of Cambridgeshire: With an Account of the Birds of the Undrained Fen by H. C. Darby (1935) (0)
The Population Dynamics of a Bird@@@The Life of the Robin (1944) (0)
W. B. Alexander (1966) (0)
Dispersal and endemism among southern marine faunas (1960) (0)

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