Dr Denis Allan Saunders, AM, (b. 1947) is an Australian

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

and conservationist.

Awards

* 1998 – received the Individual in Government Award of the International Society for Conservation Biology * 1999 – received the IALE Distinguished Scholarship Award of the International Association of Landscape Ecology * 2005 – made a member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) for "service to nature conservation, particularly through the study of Australian birds and the development of landscape ecology in Australia" * 2006 – awarded the D.L. Serventy Medal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) for outstanding contributions to publication in the science of ornithology in the Australasian region

References

* Olsen, Penny. (2006). D.L. Serventy Medal: Citation. Denis A. Saunders. ''

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