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George McGavin

Biology

#8261

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#11310

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Entomology

#170

World Rank

#374

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George McGavin's Degrees

PhD Entomology University of Oxford

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According to Wikipedia, George C. McGavin is a British entomologist, author, academic, television presenter and explorer. Background McGavin attended Daniel Stewart's College, a private school in Edinburgh, then studied Zoology at the University of Edinburgh from 1971 to 1975, followed by a PhD in entomology at Imperial College, London. He went on to teach and research at the University of Oxford. He is Honorary Research Associate at Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Department of Zoology of Oxford University, where he lists his interests as "Terrestrial arthropods especially in tropical forests, caves and savannah. Public understanding of science. Exploration." He is also a visiting professor of entomology at the University of Derby.

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George McGavin's Published Works

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The response of invertebrate assemblies to grazing (1992) (148)
Essential Entomology: An Order-by-Order Introduction (2001) (52)
Inverse density dependent parasitism in a patchy environment: a laboratory system (1985) (47)
Gene Technology and Gene Ecology of Infectious Diseases (1998) (46)
Self-similar patterns of nature: insect diversity at local to global scales (2006) (39)
Bugs of the World (1993) (38)
The insect fauna of Acacia species in Mkomazi Game Reserve, north‐east Tanzania (1997) (24)
Macroecology of local insect communities (2000) (23)
Insect diversity of Acacia canopies in Mkomazi game reserve, north-east Tanzania (1998) (21)
The influence of ants on the guild structure of Acacia insect communities in Mkomazi Game Reserve, north‐east Tanzania (1998) (15)
Predator-prey ratio and guild constancy in a tropical insect community (2001) (15)
Expedition Field Techniques INSECTS other terrestrial arthropods (2007) (14)
The chemistry and systematic importance of the green wing pigment in emerald moths (Lepidopera: Geometridae, Geometrinae) (1994) (12)
Wasp sting induced autoimmune neuromyotonia (2006) (12)
The biology of some mine and gall forming Diptera on bracken, Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kühn (1982) (11)
Re-creation of a lowland flood-plain meadow: management implications for invertebrate communities (2005) (7)
Two new species of Nocticolidae (Dictyoptera: Blattaria) and a rediagnosis of the cavernicolous genus Spelaeoblatta Bolívar (1994) (7)
Variation in populations of mine- and gall-forming Diptera and the growth form of their host plant, bracken (Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn) (1986) (6)
Ancients and moderns (1994) (4)
A taxonomic and phylogenetic study of the immature stages of British Miridae (Hemiptera- Heteroptera) (1979) (2)
Insect species richness of Acacia canopies in Mkomazi Game Reserve, north-east Tanzania (1998) (2)
Invertebrate biodiversity of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania: Final technical report for the Darwin Initiative funded project. Darwin Initiative (1998) (1)
Practical woodworking for entomologists (2005) (0)
The fascination of infestation (1996) (0)
Six Legs Good (1995) (0)
A sting in the tale - A unique case of wasp induced autoimmune neuromyotonia (2005) (0)
Bug World: Myths and Marvels (2010) (0)
N EW , T. R. 1998. Invertebrate surveys for conservation. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 0-19-850012-2 (hard cover), 0-19-85011-4 (soft cover). (1999) (0)
An Electronic Counter for Use in Quantitative Biology (1981) (0)
Essentials of Respiratory Disease (1991) (0)
Endangered: Wildlife on the Brink of Extinction (2006) (0)
A host record for Dirhicnus ramealis (Nees) (Hym., Pteromalidae) and the designation of a neotype (1993) (0)
Insects Make the World Go Round (1996) (0)

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