Talk:David Lack

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[edit] Photo needed!

a copyright-approved photo would help! Macdonald-ross (talk) 15:51, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ornithology at start of Lack's career

Lack's studies on the living bird: even if the ref does say 'L's approach was not acceptable' it's quite wrong. Studies of living birds in their environment have always been part of both academic and amateur ornithology. Julian Huxley, James Fisher and Peter Scott are three English examples who were all famous when Lack was a young man. Therefore, I'm going to modify that sentence. Macdonald-ross (talk) 12:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

The wording was incorrect, but the point should have been qualified that Lack introduced quantitative approaches to the study of living birds - and along with R E Moreau and Skutch were involved in the introduction of theory and predictions based on theory. Huxley was in the American school. Shyamal (talk) 13:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, wording looks good now. Macdonald-ross (talk) 21:09, 23 November 2007 (UTC)