David Baker-Gabb

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David John Baker-Gabb is a New Zealand ornithologist . He was best known for his work on Australian birds of prey and the bird life of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania. He also served as director of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union from 1993 to 1997 .

Career

With his studies of the steppe runner, Baker-Gabb made an important contribution to the study of the Australian bird world.

Baker-Gabb studied agriculture and biology at Massey University in Wellington , where he graduated with a Master of Science degree in 1979 ; in his master's thesis he dealt with the marsh harrier . He then went to the Monash University in Melbourne , where he met another work on the marsh harrier, the Spotted Harrier and other Australian birds of prey the doctoral degree gained.

Subsequently, from 1984 to 1987 he devoted himself to the research and conservation of the steppe runner . Between 1988 and 1989 he researched the fox shark way of life in the Northern Territory before being appointed director of the Victoria Department of Environment and Conservation in 1990 , which he served until 1992.

From 1993, Baker-Gabb served as President of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union ; during his tenure, among other things, the establishment of the Gluepot reservation in South Australia fell . After 1997, Baker-Gabb turned increasingly to environmental protection, founded a company to advise on nature conservation issues and coordinated a program to preserve the steppe runner.

family

David Baker-Gabb has been married to ecologist Julie Catherine Fitzherbert since 1981 , who co-designed the Handbook of the Birds of Australia, New Zealand and the Antarctic . The two have two children.

Works (selection)

  • Aspects of the biology of the Australasian harrier (Circus aeruginosus approximans Peale 1848): a thesis presented for the degree of Master of Science by thesis only in Zoology at Massey University . 1978
  • Comparative ecology and behavior of swamp harriers circus approximans, spotted harriers C. assimilis and other raptors in Australia and New Zealand. 1982
  • Relative abundance, distribution and seasonal movements of Australian falconiformes 1986-1990 . 1999
  • Managing native grasslands to maintain biodiversity and conserve the plains-wanderer . 1993
  • The Black-Eared Miner: A Decade of Recovery . 2008

References

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Baker-Gabb, David on Bright Sparcs. Retrieved November 25, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b MASSEY (PDF file; 1.46 MB) April 2003, p. 35. Accessed November 25, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Baker-Gabb, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baker-Gabb, David John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century