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David Lack

David Lack publishes mostly in Ecology, History and Philosophy of Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Avian ecology and behavior, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

World rank
#66,414
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#121
of 5,570
Works
35
Citations
262
Citations per work
7.5

What does David Lack research?

Ecology: 32.4%History and Philosophy of Science: 8.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8.1%Nature and Landscape Conservation: 8.1%other fields: 43.3%32%top field
Ecology32.4%History and Philosophy of Science8.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8.1%Nature and Landscape Conservation8.1%other fields43.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Ecology32% of their works
  2. 2History and Philosophy of Science8% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics8% of their works
  4. 4Nature and Landscape Conservation8% of their works
  5. 5Literature and Literary Theory8% of their works
  6. 6Genetics5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe David Lack's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Habitat Selection, Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Avian Ecology, Invasive Species, Migration Patterns, Trophic Cascades and Animal Movement.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Habitat Selection82 topics
  2. Climate Change72 topics
  3. Population Dynamics62 topics
  4. Avian Ecology51 topic
  5. Invasive Species52 topics
  6. Migration Patterns51 topic
  7. Trophic Cascades52 topics
  8. Animal Movement31 topic
  9. Island Ecosystems31 topic
  10. Occupancy Rates31 topic
  11. Rodent Eradication31 topic
  12. Acceptance21 topic
  13. Biodiversity21 topic
  14. Collembola21 topic
  15. Conservation21 topic
  16. Diversity21 topic
  17. Ecosystem Management21 topic
  18. Evolutionary Theory21 topic
  19. Marine Fisheries21 topic
  20. Coronavirus11 topic
  21. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus11 topic

Where does David Lack work?

David Lack's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does David Lack have?

Science Explorer counts 35 works and 262 citations for David Lack, ranking #66,414 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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