David Lack

16.3k citations
79 papers · 8.7k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 33

David Lack

75 papers receiving 6.6k citations

Hit Papers

Ecological Isolation in Birds451195520261978200210002.0k3.0k

Peers

David Lack
Comparison fields: 5 of 152
  • Ecology 6.5k
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4.3k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 2.3k
  • Ecological Modeling 735
  • Developmental Biology 326
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Arie J. van Noordwijk Netherlands
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lack

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network

The 25 scholars most cited alongside David Lack, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 200414
2
Darwin's Finches
1983307
3 1976266
4
Evolution illustrated by waterfowl
197436
5
The endemic ducks of remote islands
197024
6 197015
7 196914
8 1969203
9
The proportion of yolk in the eggs of waterfowl
196832
10
The significance of clutch-size in waterfowl
1967106
11 196516
12 19656
13 196458
14 196212
15
Darwin's finches : an essay on the general biological theory of evolution
196150
16 195812
17 19568
18 195649
19 19544
20 195324

About David Lack

David Lack is a scholar working on Ecology, Parasitology and Developmental Biology, having authored 79 papers that have together received 8.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Avian ecology and behavior (29 papers), Bird parasitology and diseases (7 papers), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (6 papers), Plant and animal studies (6 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (4 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (4 papers) and Genetic diversity and population structure (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (6.5k citations), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (4.3k citations) and Nature and Landscape Conservation (2.3k citations). David Lack has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Allen Keast, H. N. Southern, J. C. Coulson, H. G. Andrewartha, L. C. Birch, W. E. Ricker, Herbert Friedmann, L. Richard Mewaldt, Denis F. Owen and Jack P. Hailman. Their work appears in journals such as Ibis, Bird Study, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Wildlife Management and Evolution.

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