'Reginald Ernest Moreau', (
1897 –
1970), was an English
ornithologist.
Moreau was among the pioneering ornithologists who focused on life history studies of birds. In 1944 he suggested in a paper in the Ibis that birds laid larger clutches of eggs in the higher latitudes than in the tropics. This was based on his studies of birds in Africa.
[1][2] The
British Ornithologists' Union awarded him the Godman-Salvin award at their Annual General Meeting on 3 April 1966.
References
1. Moreau, R. E. 1944. Clutch size: a comparative study, with reference to African birds. Ibis 86:286-347
2. Ricklefs, R. E. (2000) Lack, Skutch, and Moreau: The Early Development of Life-History Thinking. THE CONDOR 102(1):3-8 [1]