Derek Yalden
Dr Derek W. Yalden, B.Sc., Ph.D. is an Honorary Reader at the University of Manchester.
After obtaining a 1st Class B.Sc. University College London in 1962, he completed his PhD on carpal bones in mammals at Royal Holloway College, under Prof. P.M.Butler, in 1965. He then worked as an Assistant Lecturer, and eventually Senior Lecturer, at the University of Manchester, School of Biological Sciences[1], teaching vertebrate zoology[2]. He retried from there in 2005, after 40 years' service[2].
He is president of The Mammal Society[2][3] and edited their journal, Mammal Review from 1980-2002[1]. He has authored or co-authored over 200 scientific publications[2].
Leptopelis yaldeni, (Grassland Forest Treefrog, named by M Largen in 1977), and Desmomys yaldeni (Yalden's Desmomys, a rodent named by L. Lavrenchenko in 2003) are named in his honour[2]. Both are endemic to Ethiopia.
Research
He lists his research interests as:
- Cataloguing the mammal fauna of Ethiopia, with contributions to the Handbook of the Mammals of Africa.
- Conservation ecology of the Peak District, including:
- investigations of moorland erosion and restoration
- Work on the ecology of Golden Plovers
- Common Sandpipers
- Mountain Hares
- History of Mammals and Birds in Britain
- A project to compile a database of archaeological records of birds in Britain, funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
- Excavation (1966-90) of Foxhole Cave, in the Peak District, in conjunction with the Peakland Archaeological Society[2].
Publications
Books
- Which Bat is it? by R.E. Stebbings, D.W. Yalden and J.S. Herman
- Corbet, G. B. (Gordon Barclay) (1972). Recent records of mammals (other than bats) from Ethiopia. London :: British Museum (Natural History),. pp. 211–252 : ill, 1map, 25cm.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Snow, Keith Ronald (1978). Identification of larval ticks found on small mammals in Britain. Reading :: Mammal Society,. pp. 14p. : ill., 22cm. ISBN 0906282020.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Yalden, D. W. (Derek William) (1982). When did the mammal fauna of the British Isles arrive?. Oxford :: Blackwell Scientific, for the Mammal Society,. pp. 57p : ill., maps, 25 cm.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Yalden, D. W. (Derek William) (1987). The scientific names of British mammals and why they change. London :: Mammal Society,. pp. 11p, 22cm.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Yalden, D. W. (Derek William) (1996). A catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. [S.l.] :: [s.n.],. pp. 1 v. (various pagings), 25 cm.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Yalden, D. W. (Derek William) (1999). The history of British mammals. London :: T. & A.D. Poyser,. pp. 305 p. : ill., maps, 24 cm. ISBN 0856611107.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Wheeler, Philip Michael Da Silva (2002). Distribution of mammals across the upland landscape. Manchester :: University of Manchester,. pp. 247p.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Harris, S. (2008). Mammals of the British Isles handbook (4th ed. ed.). Southampton :: The Mammal Society. pp. xiv, 799 p. : ill., 31 cm. ISBN 9780906282656.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - Yalden, D.W. (2009). The History of British Birds. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199217519.
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Journals
- Bog Bilberry Vaccinium uliginosum in the Peak District. Sorby Record 40: 28-29 (2001)
- The older history of the White-tailed Eagle in Britain. British Birds 100: 471-480. (2007)
- Pearce-Higgins JW, Finney SK, Yalden DW, Langston RHW (2007) Testing the effects of recreational disturbance on two upland breeding waders. Ibis 148 (Suppl 1): 45-55. (2007)
References
- ^ a b "Biography". University of Manchester. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ^ a b c d e f Yalden, D.W. (2009). The History of British Birds. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199217519.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Mammal Society Medal". Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ "The History of British Birds". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
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