Behavioral sink
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behavioral-sink-182-17875265
title:
Behavioral sink
text:
"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.
In the experiments, Calhoun and his researchers created a series of "rat utopias" – enclosed spaces where rats were given unlimited access to food and water, enabling unfettered population growth. Calhoun coined the term "behavioral
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Conceptual collapse in behavior which can result from overcrowding
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_sink
date created:
2005-06-02T00:18:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:43:54Z
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