Selected works of Clinton Hart Merriam.
By: Introd. by Keir B. Sterling.
Series: Natural sciences in America
Publisher: Arno Press
Published: 1974
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Natural history -- North America.; Zoology -- North America.
Notes: A collection of reprints from various serial publications.
Table of contents: title: Report on the mammals and birds of the expedition.; title: Suggestions for a new method of discriminating between species and subspecies.; title: Type specimens in natural history.; title: Is mutation a factor in the evolution of the higher vertebrates?; title: Criteria for the recognition of species and genera.; title: Why should every specimen be named?; title: Monographic revision of the pocket gophers, family Geomyidae (exclusive of the species of thomomys); title: Revision of the coyotes or prairie wolves, with descriptions of new forms.; title: Preliminary synopsis of the American bears.; title: Review of the grizzly and big brown bears of North America (genus Ursus) with description of a new genus, Vetularctos.; title: Merriam, C. H. and Stejneger, L. Results of a biological survey of the San Francisco mountain region and desert of the Little Colorado in Arizona.; title: The geographic distribution of life in North America, with special reference to the mammalia.; title: The geographic distribution of animals and plants in North America; title: Laws of temperature control of the geographic distribution of terrestrial animals and plants.; title: Biology in our colleges: a plea for a broader and more liberal biology.