In 1970, Dr. Patrick Duncan received a BAHons. degree in Zoology from Oxford University. In 1975, he received his PhD degree in Ecology from the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In 1985 he became Scientific Director at the Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat in Camargue, France. In 1990, he became Research Director at the Centre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé, where he currently still works.