Editing David Lack (section)

=== Population regulation ===
Lack took a keen interest in the mechanisms involved in regulating populations in nature. ''The Natural Regulation of Animal Numbers'' is one of Lack's most frequently cited works. Here he gave primacy to natural selection in determining the rate of reproduction and he especially countered the idea that it was adjusted with mortality rates so that constant populations are maintained. It was critiqued by [[J. B. S. Haldane|J.B.S. Haldane]] who found it lacking mathematical precision and biased to bird studies. The other major critic was [[V. C. Wynne-Edwards|V.C. Wynne-Edwards]] with whom he clashed for nearly a decade.<ref>Anderson (2013):78-81.</ref> Lack followed up on the criticisms in his later books including Population Studies of Birds (1966).