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Shane Parker (ornithologist)

Shane Parker (ornithologist) is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shane Parker (ornithologist) rather than just read about it. In short: Shane Alwyne Parker (3 August 1943 – 21 November 1992) was a British-born museum curator and ornithologist, who emigrated to Australia in 1967 after participating in the second Harold Hall Australian ornithological collecting expedition in 1964. He worked as a curator at the South Australian Museum 1976–1992.

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Reference excerpt

Shane Alwyne Parker (3 August 1943 – 21 November 1992) was a British-born museum curator and ornithologist, who emigrated to Australia in 1967 after participating in the second Harold Hall Australian ornithological collecting expedition in 1964. He worked as a curator at the South Australian Museum 1976–1992. He died of lymphoma at his home in Adelaide after a two-year illness.

Parker described Cox's sandpiper as a species new to science in 1982; this wader was later revealed to be a hybrid. He also named the extinct Kangaroo Island emu (Dromaius baudinianus) in 1984 on the basis of subfossil bones. He was the senior author of the first two parts (all that were published) of the Annotated Checklist of the Birds of South Australia, Part 1: Emus to Spoonbills (1979), and Part 2A: Waterfowl (1985).

References

Joseph, Leo. (1993). Obituary. Shane A. Parker 1943–1992. Emu 93: 297–298. 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

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shane Parker (ornithologist)

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shane Parker (ornithologist) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shane Parker (ornithologist)

In research: Shane Parker (ornithologist) appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shane Parker (ornithologist) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shane Parker (ornithologist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1943 births, 1992 deaths, 20th-century Australian zoologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shane Parker (ornithologist) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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