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David William Steadman is the curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida.〔Steadman D, (2006). ''Extinction and Biogeography in Tropical Pacific Birds'', University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7〕 His research has concentrated on the evolution, biogeography, conservation, and extinction of tropical birds, particularly in the islands of the Pacific Ocean.〔Line, L (1995) " (Gone the way of the dinosaurs - biologist David Steadman unearths bones of extinct flightless birds in Tonga )" ''International Wildlife''. Accessed 1 March 2008〕 He has also authored over 180 scientific publications.〔Florida Museum of Natural History Staff Spotlight "http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/directory/cvs/steadman_cv.htm" Accessed 25 March 2008〕 He has conducted a number of digs at prehistoric sites and uncovered widescale extinctions caused by humans in the early stages of colonisation. He has described a number of extinct species of birds and more recently was involved in discovering that the Solomon Islands frogmouth is a species (instead of a subspecies of the marbled frogmouth, as formerly believed). He worked extensively on Easter Island, carrying out the first systemicatic excavations of the island in order to identify the plants and animals that once lived there.〔University of Florida News (2007) "(UF scientists discover new genus of frogmouth bird in Solomon Islands ) Accessed 1 March 2008〕 ==Education== * Bachelor's degree in Biology from Edinboro State College in 1973. * Master's degree in Zoology from the University of Florida in 1975. * Doctorate in Geosciences from the University of Arizona in 1982. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Steadman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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