Citizenship United States Died January 7, 1962 Fields Ornithology | Name Waldo McAtee Alma mater Indiana University | |
Known for founding editor of Wildlife Review and Journal of Wildlife Management Notable awards honorary Doctor of Science degree, Indiana University Books Food Habits of Common, Poetry and Poets, Synopsis of Pentatomid Bugs of th | ||
Waldo Lee McAtee was an American ecologist and ornithologist. He wrote extensively about the feeding habits of birds and mammals and described over 460 new species of insects.
He received a degree in biology in 1904 from Indiana University. His served his professional career from 1904 to 1947 with the Bureau of Biological Survey of the US Department of Agriculture, and later in the successor agency, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. He served as the editor for Wildlife Review from 1935 to 1947. This publication is now known as the Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide indexes. He contributed to over 750 publications.
He also wrote about the natural history of the District of Columbia.
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