| C. Davison Ankney | |
| Birth Name: | Claude Davison Ankney |
| Birth Date: | 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
| Death Date: | February 28, 2013 |
| Death Place: | Long Point, Ontario, Canada |
| Workplaces: | University of Western Ontario |
| Education: | University of Western Ontario |
| Thesis Title: | The importance of nutrient reserves to breeding blue geese, Anser Caerulescens |
| Thesis Url: | http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/777/ |
| Thesis Year: | 1974 |
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| Known For: | Work on life cycles of waterfowl |
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Claude Davison Ankney (1946 – February 28, 2013) was an American-Canadian zoologist and avian ecologist.[1] [2] He was a professor at the University of Western Ontario from 1974 until he retired from there in 2002. Academically, he was known for his work on the life history strategies of various birds, especially waterfowl. He was also known for his defense of, and activism for, environmental conservation.[3] [4]
Ankney was also a significant contributor to the History of the Rose Lake Wildlife Research Center - Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Division Report (1988).