Outlines for studies of mammalian life histories / by Walter P. Taylor.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Walter P. (Walter Penn), 1888-1972, author.

Series:

Miscellaneous publication (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 86.

Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture ; no. 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mammals--Research.

Mammals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : United States Department of Agriculture, 1930.

Summary:

Life-history data of wild mammals are essential to a proper understanding of the structure and classification of the mammal ; they are a prerequisite to a determination of the factors controlling distribution ; and they are of practical importance in problems of acclimatization and domestication. The improvement of agriculture depends to a large extent on a better and more scientific understanding of the relation of plants and animals to their surroundings. Effective conservation of the beneficial and the control of the harmful kinds of mammals depend on adequate knowledge of their habits.

Contents:

Introduction. pp. 1

Relation of field and laboratory methods

Equipment. pp. 2

Important data. pp. 3

Suggested studies. pp. 6

Conclusions. pp. 11

Literature cited. pp. 11.

Notes:

Contribution from Bureau of Biological Survey.

Revision of Department circular 59, Suggestions for field studies of mammalian life-histories.

Publication pre-dates Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item numbers. No FDLP item number has been assigned.

"October 1930."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 11-12).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2017.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title screen (USDA, viewed on Sept. 27, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Taylor, Walter P. (Walter Penn), 1888-1972. Outlines for studies of mammalian life histories

OCLC:

988018471

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