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Franklin J. W. Schmidt (July 25, 1901 in Lake Forest, Illinois – August 7, 1935 in Stanley, Wisconsin) was an American naturalist, noted as one of the first practitioners of the field of "wildlife management". Hired by Wisconsin, Schmidt's main work was on the prairie grouse, and its habits in the central marshes of Wisconsin. He published one paper on feeding habits of the grouse. At the time of his death, he planned to start a consulting service to assist other Midwestern states in managing the prairie grouse, which would have also allowed him to continue to collect even more information on the species. Seven other papers in preparation on the prairie grouse were consumed by the fire that killed Schmidt. Also consumed were field samples and Schmidt's mother.[1]
Regarding rodents and reptiles, Schmidt published five papers. In the 1920s, Schmidt worked for Chicago's Field Museum, and he participapated in their expeditions to South America and Guatemala.[1] His painted turtle paper with Bishop established the modern view of that genus as a single species with multiple subspecies.[2] Schmidt's brother, Karl Patterson Schmidt, who lived thirty years longer, was a noted herpetologist, who died by snakebite.[3]
Works
modifier- 1926. Reptiles and amphibians of Worden Township, Clark County, Wisconsin. Copeia, 154, pp. 131–132.
- 1927. Pitymys pinetorum scalopsoides in Wisconsin. Jour. Mammal., 8, p. 248.
- 1931. The mammals of western Clark County, Wisconsin. Idem, 12, pp. 99–117, 1 map.
- 1936. The winter food of Sharp-tailed Grouse and Pinnated Grouse in Wisconsin. WILSON BULI.ETIN, XLVIII, Sept., 1936, pp. 186.203.
- With Sherman C. Bishop
- 1931. The painted turtles of the genus Chrysemys. Publ. Field Mus., Zool. Ser., 18, pp. 121–139, figs. l-27.
- With Karl Patterson Schmidt
- 1925. New coral snakes from South America. Idem, 12, pp. 127–134, pl. 11-12.
References
modifier- Aldo Leopold, « Franklin J. W. Schmidt », The Wilson Bulletin, vol. 48, no 3, , p. 181–186 (lire en ligne, consulté le )
- Sherman Bishop et F. J. W. Schmidt, « The painted turtles of the genus Chrysemys », Zoological Series, Field Museum of Natural History, vol. 18, no 4, , p. 123–139 (lire en ligne, consulté le )
- « Resolution of Respect: Karl Patterson Schmidt 1890-1957 », Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, vol. 39, no 1, , p. 39–41 (JSTOR 20165473)
Catégorie:Herpétologiste américain
Catégorie:Naissance en 1901
Catégorie:Décès en 1935