The Life of the Robin: Voted Britain's National Bird - Couverture souple

Lack, David

 
9781843681304: The Life of the Robin: Voted Britain's National Bird
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1843681307 ISBN 13 : 9781843681304
Editeur : Pallas Athene Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

  • A new edition of the original biography of the robin
  • Britain’s favourite bird is full of surprises and wit and with added postscript on recent ornithological advances
  • Illustrations are provided by Robert Gillmor, recipient of the RSPB medal and an MBE


The robin was hardly understood when David Lack - Britain's most influential ornithologist - started his scientific observations.

This book is a landmark in natural history, not just for its discoveries, but because of the approachable style, sharpened with an acute wit. It reads as fascinatingly today as when it was written.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Lack, FRS (1910–1973) has been called Britain's most influential ornithologist. Amongst other achievements 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 (also known as group selection); this has been considered a major development in Darwinian evolution 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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Éditeur
Pallas Athene Publishers
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1843681307
ISBN 13 
9781843681304
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
304
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Personne responsable
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