John Warham
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Dr John Warham is an Australian and New Zealand photographer and ornithologist. He moved to Australia from England in 1953. Following much photography and study of Australian birds, and the publication of illustrated papers on their biology in the Emu, he returned to England to take a doctorate at the University of Durham.
Warham then moved to Christchurch, New Zealand where he was a reader in zoology at the University of Canterbury until 1987. He led several biological expeditions to New Zealand's sub-antarctic islands, and is well known for his studies on seabirds, especially petrels.
He joined the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) in 1963 and was elected a Fellow of the RAOU in 1992. Also in 1992, he was awarded the RAOU's D.L. Serventy Medal, which recognises excellence in published work on birds in the Australasian region.
As well as numerous published scientific papers, some books he has authored or coauthored are:
- Serventy, D.L.; Serventy, Vincent; & Warham, John. (1971). The Handbook of Australian Sea-Birds. Reed: Sydney.
- Warham, John. (1990). The Petrels. Their Ecology ad Breeding Systems. Academic Press: London.
- Warham, John. (1996). The Behaviour, Population Biology and Physiology of the Petrels. Academic Press: London.
[edit] References
- Wooller, Ron. (1992). D.L. Serventy Medal: Citation. John Warham. Emu 92: 122.
- Robin, Libby. (2001). The Flight of the Emu: a hundred years of Australian ornithology 1901-2001. Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84987-3
