Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Peter Jones, whose ornithological career was principally concentrated on tropical topics, was also an inspirational teacher whose interests encompassed not only biology but also art and music.Peter established his reputation with innovative studies of the granivorous pest the Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea in Botswana and, later, in Nigeria alongside Peter Ward (1934( -1979, Ibis 123: 546-547), Ibis 123: 546-547).Peter was born in Orpington in Kent in 1945 but he and his parents, James and Irene Jones, moved not long afterwards to Cheltenham where James began working at the UK Government's communications headquarters (GCHQ), so Peter was brought up in the Cotswolds where his
Source: Ibis
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13415
Author: Robert A. Cheke
Institution: University of Greenwich
Language: English
Topic: Avian ecology and behavior
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409831219