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"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. [1]
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.
The first library constructed in the Northwest Georgia Regional Library System was the Calhoun-Gordon library which was constructed through efforts of the Calhoun Woman's Club in 1904. [4] The next known library was constructed in 1921 in Dalton, Georgia as part of a service organized by The Dalton Woman's Club. [5]
Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. ... with access from Exits 310, 312, 315, 317, and 318. I-75 leads north 49 miles (79 km) ...
Dakota Access Pipeline being built in central Iowa. In Iowa, the pipeline extends about 347 miles (558 km) diagonally through 18 Iowa counties: Lyon, Sioux, O'Brien, Cherokee, Buena Vista Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Boone, Story (which will have a pumping station), Polk, Jasper, Mahaska Keokuk, Wapello, Jefferson, Van Buren, and Lee.
Calhoun Memorial Hospital: Arlington: Calhoun: 1951: 2013: Charlton Memorial Hospital: Folkston: Charlton: 25 2013: Cobb Memorial Hospital: Lavonia: Franklin: 71 1950 2012 Cook Medical Center Adel: Cook: 60 1950 2019 Replaced by Southwell Medical Center Emory Adventist Hospital: Smyrna: Cobb: 73 1974: 2014: Closed October 31, 2014 Emory Parkway ...
State Route 53 Spur (SR 53 Spur) is a 4.489-mile-long (7.224 km) spur route of SR 53 that is partially within the city limits of Calhoun. It continues north and northeast into downtown Calhoun as the mainline of SR 53 makes a sharp turn to the east and southeast and bypasses most of Calhoun to its south.
Calhoun County was named for John C. Calhoun, the seventh Vice President of the United States. [1] It was created from parts of Early and Baker counties on February 20, 1854. [2] [3] Rival political factions disagreed about whether the county seat should be in Concord, a community north of present-day Leary, or in Dickey, then known as Whitney ...