| Show conditions that unite whole animal kingdom A conference of eminent scientists recently met at the estate of copley amory of washington and boston at matacek Mata mek quebec for ten days ecologists that Is students ot aal mal life in relation to its surround ings discussed problems and find ings in their particular fields of ornithology mammo logy marine blob agy ogy etc the results of the con ference were so profitable that plans for another meeting in 1934 were made and a committee appointed to formulate a permanent organization one of the points especially stressed in the discussion was the interrelation of the various animal groups including man fluctuations in one species are often felt through out the animal kingdom certain arlet les are of such importance that they are known as kev aal mals mice and alce alc rodents lire key animals in many parts of the world when mice are abundant in the cardlan northwest foxes snowy owls hohes and bears cease to prey on partridges when the mice decline animals turn again to game and eskimos and indians suf for for food weasels and ermine die out in numbers when mice are scarce and snowy owls fly south in search of food only to die in the warm climate |
