A01=David Lack
Author_David Lack
birds
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-WN
Category=WNCB
COP=United Kingdom
ecology of birds
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eq_nobargain
Format=BB
HMM=193
IMPN=Unicorn Publishing Group
ISBN13=9781911604365
Language_English
ornithology
Oxford Swift City
PA=Available
PD=20180301
POP=London
Price=€10 to €20
PS=Active
PUB=Unicorn Publishing Group
RSPB
study of birds
Subject=Natural History
Swifts
WMM=140
Product details
- ISBN 9781911604365
- Dimensions: 140 x 193mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2018
- Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: London, GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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First published in 1956, Swifts in a Tower still offers astonishing insights into swifts' private lives along with thoughts about their life style and wider issues. Now more than sixty years later swifts have been studied even more thoroughly, with technology unimaginable in the 1950s. This continues to reveal even more of their secrets, so this edition, published in association with the RSPB for their Oxford Swift City project includes a new chapter by Andrew Lack, bringing the story of this remarkable bird into the 21st Century.
David Lack (1910-1973) is one of the most celebrated names in the study of birds. His pioneering life-history studies resulted in an explosion of interest in the ecology of birds as well as the landmark popular books The Life of the Robin, Darwin's Finches, and Swifts in a Tower. Even during World War II he was able to study bird migration while involved in secret work to develop radar. In 1945 he became the Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology in Oxford and started research programmes - including on swifts - that continue right to this day.
