wunder · Library

Part 35

Guide to the Study of Animal Ecology · Charles C. Adams — chapter 35 of 105 · ~357 words · public domain

Read in the Wunder reader — free

A collection of reprints on the natural history of fishes, including much on their habits.

GRAVE, C.

1904. Investigations for the Promotion of the Oyster Industry of North Carolina. Rep. U. S. Fish Comm. for 1903, pp. 247-341.

On pp. 261-264 the growth or development of an oyster reef is described. This illustrates ecological succession on a reef. The food and the influence of storms are described.

GROOS, K. (Trans. by BALDWIN, E. L.)

1898. The Play of Animals. pp. 341. New York.

GURLEY, R. R.

1902. The Habits of Fishes. Amer. Jour. Psychol., Vol. XIII, pp. 408-425.

An important and apparently little known paper which explains the spawning habits of fish and their distribution in terms of their physiological responses. Compare with Shelford’s Physiological Animal Geography. 1911.

HAHN, W.

1908. Some Habits and Sensory Adaptations of Cave-inhabiting Bats. Biol. Bull., Vol. XV, pp. 135-193.

HARGITT, C. W.

1906. Experiments on the Behavior of Tubicolous Annelids. Jour. Exp. Zoöl., Vol. III, pp. 295-320.

1909. Further Observations on the Behavior of Tubicolous Annelids. Jour. Exp. Zoöl., Vol. VII, pp. 157-187.

1912. Observations on the Behavior of Tubicolous Annelids, III. Biol. Bull., Vol. XXII, pp. 67-94.

1912. Behavior and Color Changes of Tree Frogs. Jour. Animal Behavior, Vol. II, pp. 51-78.

HARRIS, J. A.

1903. An Ecological Catalogue of the Crayfishes belonging to the Genus Cambarus. Kan. Univ. Sci. Bull., Vol. II, pp. 51-187.

Habits and distribution of crawfish. Very useful references to the stream environment and to crawfish.

HARTMAN, C.

1905. Observations on the Habits of Some Solitary Wasps of Texas. Univ. of Texas Bull. No. 65, Sci. Ser. No. 6, pp. 1-72.

HERRICK, C. J.

1903. The Organ and Sense of Taste in Fishes. Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. for 1902, Vol. XXII, pp. 237-272.

HERRICK, F. H.

1910. Instinct and Intelligence in Birds. Pop. Sci. Mo., Vol. LXXVI, pp. 532-556; Vol. LXXVII, pp. 82-97, 122-141.

1910. Life and Behavior of the Cuckoo. Jour. Exp. Zoöl., Vol. IX, pp. 169-233.

Illustrates the orderly sequence of forms of behavior.

1911. Natural History of the American Lobster. Bull. U. S. Bur. Fisheries, Vol. XXIX, pp. 149-408. Doc. No. 747.

← Previous chapterAll chaptersNext chapter →

Guide to the Study of Animal Ecology · The Wunder Library — complete classics, free to read, with narration.

© 2026 Wunder Learning LLC · Terms & Privacy