| Description |
The problem here treated includes the property rights and spatial relationships o f animals, with special reference to the land vertebrates. With little work done in the way of collecting and compiling materials pertaining to this field, the references and literature were widely scattered. Sources of information included (1) the Zoological Records, the Biological Abstracts, the Encyclopedia Britannica (14th Edition), (2) books in the fields of social psychology, animal biology, animal sociology, animal ecology, bird territory, bird behavior, animal stories, game management, social evolution and populations; (3) magazines, including Auk, Condor, Birdbanding, Ibis, National Geographic, Birdlore, American Naturalist, Science, Science News Letter, Ecology and Journal of Mammalogy; (4) bulletins and pamphlets on observations o f the vertebrates. Besides these sources of materials, assistance was received from some personal contacts and from access to unpublished notes. The problem was developed for a master's thesis. |
