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John Bumpass Calhoun (May 11, 1917 – September 7, 1995) was an American ethologist and behavioral researcher noted for his studies of population density and its effects on behavior. He claimed that the bleak effects of overpopulation on rodents were a grim model for the future of the human race.
John B. Calhoun (May 11, 1917 – September 7, 1995) was an American ethologist and behavioral researcher noted for his studies of population density and its effects on behavior. During his studies, Calhoun coined the term “behavioral sink” to describe aberrant behaviors in overcrowded population density situations and “beautiful ones ...
Behavioral sink" is a term invented by ethologist John B. Calhoun to describe a collapse in behavior that can result from overpopulation. The term and concept derive from a series of over-population experiments Calhoun conducted on Norway rats between 1958 and 1962.
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Sep 14, 2016 · The man who played mouse-God and came up with this doomed universe was named John Bumpass Calhoun.
- Cara Giaimo
From Mice to Men. John B Calhoun 's research was refined from his interest in bird migration in high school through his study of the size and distribution of rat populations in the wild to, finally, how a single mouse universe responded to overpopulation.
John Calhoun wrote extensively. Below you will find a selection of his writings spanning his working years. Some were proposals for a program of study and were never published anywhere. Some of the papers are personal, such as bibliographies and resumes. 1950s 1952 May: The Social Aspects of Population Dynamics 1952 The Social Aspects of ...
Jun 19, 2017 · John B. Calhoun, a research psychologist at the National Institute of Mental Health for 40 years, conducted renowned experiments with rat and mice colonies that showed how extreme overcrowding...
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