Tim Clutton-Brock

Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Born 13 August 1946
Residence United Kingdom
Nationality British
Fields Zoology, behavioural ecology
Institutions Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Notable awards Fellow of the Royal Society (1987)
Frink Medal (1997)
Marsh Ecology Award (1998)
Darwin Medal (2012)

Timothy Hugh Clutton-Brock, MA PhD ScD FRS (born 13 August 1946) is a British zoologist known for his comparative studies of the behavioural ecology of mammals, particularly red deer and meerkats.

Career

As of 2008, he is the Prince Philip Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,[1] and head of the Large Animal Research Group at the Department of Zoology of the University of Cambridge,[2] and a fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge.[3] He also holds extraordinary professorships in the Department of Zoology and Entomology and the Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria, South Africa.[4]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1987.[5] He is an ISI Highly Cited researcher.[6] He won the 1997 Frink Medal of the Zoological Society of London.

In 2012, he was awarded the Darwin Medal from the Royal Society for his work on the diversity of animal societies and demonstration of their effects on the evolution of reproductive strategies, and the operation of selection and the dynamics of populations.[7]

Research interests

Clutton-Brock's early work was on social behaviour in primates.[5] Much of his recent work focuses on three long-term studies: of red deer on the Scottish island of Rùm, of Soay sheep on St Kilda, and of meerkats in the southern Kalahari.[1] He is one of the founders of the Kalahari Meerkat Project, the subjects of which are featured in the television programme Meerkat Manor.[8]

List of works

Books

Reviews

Articles

References

  1. 1 2 "Tim Clutton-Brock". Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  2. Large Animal Research Group, University of Cambridge
  3. "Fellows by Subject". Magdalene College, Cambridge. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  4. "Faculties of the University of Pretoria" (PDF). University of Pretoria. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  5. 1 2 "The Royal Society Library and Archive catalogue: Clutton-Brock, Timothy Hugh". Royal Society. Retrieved 2008-03-19.
  6. "ISIHighlyCited.com: Clutton-Brock, Timothy H.". Thomson Scientific. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  7. "Darwin Medal". Royal Society. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
  8. "Meerkats: The Zoological Jackpot". National Geographic. Retrieved 2008-03-19.

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