Edmund Jaeger

Edmund C. Jaeger
Born(1887-01-28)January 28, 1887
Loup City, Nebraska, US
DiedAugust 2, 1983(1983-08-02) (aged 96)
Riverside, California, US
Resting placeEdmund Jaeger Nature Sanctuary
Chuckwalla Mountains
(ashes scattered)
33°41′13″N 115°26′39″W / 33.68696°N 115.44415°W / 33.68696; -115.44415
Alma materOccidental College
Known forHibernation of common poorwill
AwardsHonorary Doctor of Science, Occidental College (1953)
Phi Beta Kappa, Occidental College Chapter (1962)
Professor Emeritus, Riverside City College (1965)
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of California, Riverside (1967)
Member, University of California Chapter of Sigma Xi (1966)
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Scientific career
FieldsBiology
InstitutionsRiverside City College
Riverside Municipal Museum
Author abbrev. (botany)E.Jaeger[2]
Edmund Jaeger documented a state of near-hibernation in the common poorwill.

Edmund Carroll Jaeger, D.Sc.,[1] (January 28, 1887 – August 2, 1983) was an American biologist known for his works on desert ecology. He was born in Loup City, Nebraska to Katherine (née Gunther) and John Philip Jaeger,[3]: V.I, p.159  and moved to Riverside, California in 1906 with his family.[4] He was the first to document, in The Condor,[5] a state of extended torpor, approaching hibernation, in a bird, the common poorwill.[6] He also described this in the National Geographic Magazine.[7]

  1. ^ a b Ryckman, Raymond E.; Zackrison, James L. (1998). Son of the Living Desert – Edmund C. Jaeger, 1887–1983: Ecologist, Educator, Environmentalist, Biologist, and Philanthropist. Loma Linda, CA: R.E. Ryckman. p. 466. ISBN 978-0966356304. OCLC 39497413. LCC QH31.J33 R97 1998 University of California, Riverside, Science Library Archived 2016-01-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Author Details for Edmund Jaeger" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wild2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ewan, Joseph (May 1987). "Edmund Carroll Jaeger (1887–1983), Dave Keck's Mentor". Taxon. 2. 36 (2): 402–04. doi:10.2307/1221431. JSTOR 1221431. (Nita Hiltner, next reference, says the move was in 1910.)
  5. ^ Jaeger, Edmund C. (May–June 1949). "Further Observations on the Hibernation of the Poor-will". The Condor. 3. 51 (3): 105–09. doi:10.2307/1365104. ISSN 0010-5422. JSTOR 1365104. OCLC 478309773. Earlier I gave an account (Condor, 50, 1948:45) of the behavior of a Poor-will (Phalaenoptilus nuttallinii) which I found in a state of profound torpidity in the winter of 1946–47 in the Chuckawalla Mountains of the Colorado Desert, California. (photographs by Kenneth Middleham)
  6. ^ Hiltner, Nita (February 20, 2011). "A Look Back". The Press-Enterprise. Riverside, CA: Enterprise Media. Retrieved November 15, 2011.[permanent dead link‍] (Joseph Ewan, the preceding reference, says the move was in 1906.)
  7. ^ Jaeger, Edmund C. (January 1953). "Poorwill Sleeps Away the Winter". National Geographic Magazine. 103 (2). Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society: 273–80. ASIN B004PH1X8W.