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Gavin Wildridge Johnstone
Gavin
Wildridge Johnstone
was an
Australian
ornithologist
who
grew
up and was
educated
in
Scotland
. He
completed
his
PhD thesis
on the
ecology
and
behaviour
of
Black Grouse
, at the
University of Aberdeen
in 1969. He moved to
Australia
in 1969 to
participate
in the
1970
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
. There he
wintered
on
Macquarie Island
and worked on
speciation
in
Giant Petrels
. With the
Australian Antarctic Division
he made further visits to
Australia's
subantarctic islands
and to
Antarctica
, subsequently
publishing
many
papers
on the biology of
Antarctic
and
subantarctic
seabirds
. He also served as
Review
Editor
for the
Royal
Australasian
Ornithologists
Union's
journal
Emu
.