Biographie de David Macdonald
David Macdonald is Director of Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit and A.D. White Professor at Cornell University. He is also a Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall at Oxford, Chairman of the IUCNISSC Canid Specialist Group and Vice Chairman of the European Society of Mammalogists. In addition to his research work, which has resulted in over 300 scientific papers, David Macdonald is a successful author (having twice won the Natural History Author of the Year award), and documentary film-maker (his films Running with the Fox and Meerkats United won international prizes and his BBC1 Series The Velvet Claw was broadcast worldwide). David, from a Glaswegian family, now lives with his wife and three children on their smallholding in Oxfordshire.
Dr Sasha Norris assisted in editing the new Encyclopedia. With a PhD in Ornithology from Oxford University, Sasha is prominent among a rising generation of conservation communicators. A broadcaster and writer, she works among others for Oxford Today, The Oxford Channel, the RSPB, BBC and The Guardian. Sasha is the founder of a conservation charity, Siren.