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John B. Calhoun

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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 his observations of the bleak effects of overpopulation on rodents were a grim preview for the future of the human race. During his studies, Calhoun coined the terms "behavioral sink" to describe aberrant behaviors in overcrowded situations, and "beautiful ones" to characterize passive individuals who withdraw from all social interaction under extreme population density. (From Wikipedia)

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Calhoun, John B.: Calculation of Home Range and Density of Small Mammals (Public Health Monograph #55 (Public Health Service Publication #592); Washington: U. S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, 1958), also by James U. Casby (page images at HathiTrust)
Calhoun, John B.: The Ecology and Sociology of the Norway Rat (Public Health Service Publication #1008; Bethesda, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, 1963) (page images at HathiTrust)
Calhoun, John B.: Mammalian Populations (Physiological Mammalogy v1 (only public domain volume); contains Calhoun's "The Social Use of Space" and Christian's "Endocrine Adaptive Mechanisms and the Physiologic Regulation of Population Growth"); New York and London: Academic Press, 1963), also by John J. Christian (page images at HathiTrust)

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