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Edmund Carroll Jaeger, D.Sc.,
University of California, Riverside, Science Library
(January 28, 1887 – August 2, 1983) was an American
biologist A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual Cell (biology), cell, a multicellular organism, or a Community (ecology), community of Biological inter ...
known for his works on
desert ecology Desert ecology is the study of interactions between both biotic and abiotic components of desert environments. A desert ecosystem is defined by interactions between organisms, the climate in which they live, and any other non-living influences on ...
. He was born in
Loup City, Nebraska Loup City is the county seat of Sherman County, Nebraska, Sherman County, in the central portion of the Midwestern state of Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,173 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Loup City is close to the ...
to Katherine (née Gunther) and John Philip Jaeger, and moved to
Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire an ...
in 1906 with his family. He was the first to document, in ''The Condor'', a state of extended
torpor Torpor is a state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually marked by a reduced body temperature and metabolic rate. Torpor enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability. The term "torpor" can refer to the time ...
, approaching
hibernation Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate. It most ...
, in a bird, the
common poorwill The common poorwill (''Phalaenoptilus nuttallii'') is a nocturnal bird of the family Caprimulgidae, the nightjars. It is found from British Columbia and southeastern Alberta, through the western United States to northern Mexico. The bird's habi ...
. He also described this in the ''
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''.


Life

Jaeger first attended the newly relocated
Occidental College Occidental College (informally Oxy) is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887 as a coeducational college by clergy and members of the Presbyterian Church, it became non-sectarian in 1910. It is one of the oldes ...
in
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(in 1914), but moved to
Palm Springs Palm Springs (Cahuilla: ''Séc-he'') is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley. The city covers approximately , making it the largest city in Riverside County by land ...
in 1915, where he taught at the one-room schoolhouse. At Palm Springs he met artist
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and authors
J. Smeaton Chase Joseph Smeaton Chase (8 April 1864 – 29 March 1923) was an English-born American author, traveler, and photographer. He has become an integral part of California literature: revered for his poignant descriptions of California landscapes. An Eng ...
and Charles Francis Saunders. These men formed what
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Professor
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called a "Creative Brotherhood" that lived in Palm Springs in the early 20th century. Other Brotherhood members included cartoonist and painter
Jimmy Swinnerton James Guilford Swinnerton (13 November 1875 – 8 September 1974) was an American cartoonist and a landscape painter of the Southwest deserts. He was known as Jimmy to some and Swinny to others. He signed some of his early cartoons Swin, and on on ...
, author
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, and photographers
Fred Payne Clatworthy Fred Payne Clatworthy (1875–1953) was a landscape photographer who worked primarily out of Estes Park, Colorado. He was known for his work with the Autochrome Lumiere screen plate, an early color photography format. Early life and education Clat ...
and Stephen H. Willard. The men lived near each other (like Jaeger, Eytel built his own cabin), traveled together throughout the Southwest, helped with each other's works, and exchanged photographs which appeared in their various books. He then returned to Occidental to complete his degree in 1918 and started teaching at
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. Retiring from teaching after 30 years, he worked the Riverside Municipal Museum in Riverside. During all these years Jaeger used his Palm Springs cabin for his research trips across the desert. Throughout his career he wrote many popular
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and became known as the "dean of the California deserts".


Works


Books

:(Listed in order of first publication.) * * * * * * * (Samuel Stillman Berry and Malcom Jennings Rogers contributed chapters) * * (illustrations by Merle Gish and the author) * * (Irvine H. Page was a co-author) * (editor) * * (Peveril Meigs contributed a chapter; illustrations by John D. Briggs, Lloyd Mason Smith, Morris Van Dame, and Jaeger ) * (illustrations by Morris Van Dame and Jaeger) * * (Arthur Clayton Smith was a co-author; illustrations by Gene M. Christman)


Articles

Jaeger contributed to over 25 magazines and journals including: * '' The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald'' * ''
The Auk ''Ornithology'', formerly ''The Auk'' and ''The Auk: Ornithological Advances'', is a peer-reviewed scientific journal and the official publication of the American Ornithological Society (AOS). It was established in 1884 and is published quarterly. ...
'' * ''Cactus and Succulent Journal'' * ''
Calico Print The ''Calico Print'' was a newspaper, established in 1882 and published during the heyday of the silver mining camp of Calico, California prior to 1902. The ''Calico Print'' was also the name of a monthly, later bi-monthly, periodical of the mid-2 ...
'' * ''The Condor'' * ''
Desert Magazine ''Desert Magazine'' was a monthly regional publication based in the Colorado Desert published between 1937 and 1985. A print version bearing the same name has been revived in the Coachella Valley town of Palm Desert near Palm Springs, California ...
'' * ''Fremontia'' * ''
Journal of Mammalogy The ''Journal of Mammalogy'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Mammalogists. Both the society and the journal were established in 1919. The journal covers rese ...
'' * ''
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'' * ''
Pacific Union Recorder This is a list of periodicals published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church or by its church members. They include both official and unofficial publications relating to Seventh-day Adventism. Magazines which are only available on the internet are ...
'' * '' St. Nicholas Magazine'' * ''
The Youth's Instructor ''Insight'' , successor to The Youth's Instructor, was a weekly magazine designed for Seventh-day Adventist young people, published from 1970-2017 by Review and Herald.
''


History of Palm Springs

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Archives of Jaeger's work

* Much of Jaeger's original work is archived at the University of California, Riverside, Library Special Collections. * Also see: (Summary: biographical material, list of publications, newspapers articles and correspondence of Edmund C. Jaeger, Head of the Zoology Dept. at Riverside City College. 358 items in one box)


Honors

* The "Edmund C. Jaeger Desert Institute" on the
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(MVC) of the
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is named in his honor. MCV also offers an "Edmund C. Jaeger Endowed Scholarship". * In 1986
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completed development of the "Edmund C. Jaeger Nature Sanctuary" in the
Chuckwalla Mountains The Chuckwalla Mountains are a mountain range in the transition zone between the Colorado Desert—Sonoran Desert and the Mojave Desert, climatically and vegetationally, in Riverside County of southern California. Geography The range spans abou ...
near
Desert Center, California Desert Center is a census designated place in the Colorado Desert in Riverside County, California. It is in southern California, between the cities of Indio and Blythe at the junction of Interstate 10 and State Route 177, about halfway between Ph ...
. It was in the Chuckwalla Mountains that Jaeger discovered the poorwill, and after his death in 1983, his cremated remains were scattered in the same canyon. * The
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of
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, Cultural and Natural History Collections (formerly the Jaeger Museum), maintains personal and professional materials pertaining to the life of Edmund C. Jaeger, including his 1947 field notes recording his initial study of the common poorwill in hibernation. The Collections is located inside the Jaeger House, named in his honor. *
Pacific Union College Pacific Union College (PUC) is a private university, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Angwin, California. It is the only four-year college in Napa County, California, Napa County. It is a coeducational r ...
of
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, annually presents an "Edmund C. Jaeger Award" in biology and "Dr. Edmund C. Jaeger Scholarship Grant" in education to deserving students. * Designated as a
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of the
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in 1976. * Received the Auld Lang Syne Award from Occidental College in 1982.


Patronyms

Some 28
patronyms A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...
of Jaeger have been made, including: * ''
Angiospermae Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
'' (flowering plants) ** ''
Monocotyledon Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, (Lilianae ''sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. They constitute one of ...
'' (single
cotyledon A cotyledon (; ; ; , gen. (), ) is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant, and is defined as "the embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first to appear from a germinating seed." The numb ...
(seed-leaf)) *** ''
Yucca brevifolia ''Yucca brevifolia'' is a plant species belonging to the genus ''Yucca''. It is tree-like in habit, which is reflected in its common names: Joshua tree, yucca palm, tree yucca, and palm tree yucca. This monocotyledonous tree is native to the ar ...
'' – subspecies ''jaegeriana'' (the Jaeger Joshua tree) ** ''
Dicotyledons The dicotyledons, also known as dicots (or, more rarely, dicotyls), are one of the two groups into which all the flowering plants (angiosperms) were formerly divided. The name refers to one of the typical characteristics of the group: namely, t ...
'' (two
cotyledons A cotyledon (; ; ; , gen. (), ) is a significant part of the embryo within the seed of a plant, and is defined as "the embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, one or more of which are the first to appear from a germinating seed." The numb ...
(seed-leaves)) *** '' Astragalus jaegerianus'' (Lane Mountain milkvetch) *** '' Astragalus pachypus'' – variety ''jaegeri'' (Jaeger's bush milkvetch) *** '' Caulostramina jaegeri'' – synonyms: ''Thelypodium jaegeri'' and ''Hesperidanthus jaegeri'' (cliffdweller) *** ''
Draba ''Draba'' is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, commonly known as whitlow-grasses (though they are not related to the true grasses). Species There are over 400 species: *'' Draba abajoensis'' Windham & Al-Shehbaz *'' ...
jaegeri'' (a variety of whitlow-grass) *** ''
Eriogonum ''Eriogonum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing. It in ...
nodosum'' – variety ''jaegeri'' (wild buckwheat) *** '' Eriogonum plumatella'' – variety ''jaegeri'' (yucca buckwheat) *** ''
Euphorbia ''Euphorbia'' is a very large and diverse genus of flowering plants, commonly called spurge, in the family Euphorbiaceae. "Euphorbia" is sometimes used in ordinary English to collectively refer to all members of Euphorbiaceae (in deference to t ...
jaegeri'' (Orocopia Mountain spurge)V.W. Steinmann & J. André, Aliso 30(1): 1. (2012) *** ''
Gilia ''Gilia'' is a genus of between 25 and 50 species of flowering plants in the Polemoniaceae family and is related to phlox. These Western native plants are best sown in sunny, well-draining soil in the temperate and tropical regions of the Ameri ...
jaegeri'' (gilia) *** ''
Helianthus ''Helianthus'' () is a genus comprising about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae commonly known as sunflowers. Except for three South American species, the species of ''Helianthus'' are native to ...
jaegeri'' – synonym ''Helianthus annuus'' – subspecies ''jaegeri'' (sunflower) *** '' Ivesia jaegeri'' (Jaeger's mousetail or Jaeger's ivesia) *** ''
Lupinus ''Lupinus'', commonly known as lupin, lupine, or regionally bluebonnet etc., is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur ...
jaegerianus'' (lupin or lupines) *** '' Penstemon thompsoniae'' – subspecies ''jaegeri'' (Jaeger's beardtongue) *** ''
Phacelia ''Phacelia'' (phacelia, scorpionweed, heliotrope) is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the borage family, native to North and South America. California is particularly rich in species with over 90 recorded ...
perityloides'' – subspecies ''jaegeri'' (Panamint Phacelia) *** ''
Potentilla ''Potentilla'' is a genus containing over 300Guillén, A., et al. (2005)Reproductive biology of the Iberian species of ''Potentilla'' L. (Rosaceae).''Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid'' 1(62) 9–21. species of annual, biennial and perenni ...
jaegeri'' (a typical cinquefoil) *** ''
Ribes nevadense ''Ribes nevadense'' (sometimes spelled ''R. nevadaense'') is a species of currant known by the common names Sierra currant and mountain pink currant. Distribution ''Ribes nevadense'' is native to several of the mountain ranges in California, i ...
'' – variety ''jaegeri'' (Sierra currant and mountain pink currant) *** ''
Sisymbrium ''Sisymbrium'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. Selected species * '' Sisymbrium altissimum'' – Jim Hill mustard, tall rocket, tall tumblemustard * '' Sisymbrium crassifolium'' * '' Sisymbrium erysimoides'' * '' Sisymbrium ...
diffusus'' – subspecies ''jaegeri'' (mustard family) * ''
Insecta Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs o ...
'' ** ''
Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...
'' (true bugs) *** '' Nidicola jaegeri'' (minute pirate bugs or flower bugs) *** ''
Triatoma ''Triatoma'' is a genus of assassin bug in the subfamily Triatominae (kissing bugs). The members of ''Triatoma'' (like all members of Triatominae) are blood-sucking insects that can transmit serious diseases, such as Chagas disease. Their saliv ...
rubida jaegeri'' (a type of assassin bug) ** ''
Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
'' (moths and butterflies) *** '' Schinia jaegeri'' – synonym ''Chlorocleptria jaegeri'' (moth) ** ''
Diplopoda Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a resu ...
'' (
millipedes Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name derived from this feature. Each double-legged segment is a resu ...
) *** ''Gosichelus jaegeri'' *** ''Onychelus jaegeri'' * ''
Mollusca Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
'' ** ''
Pulmonata Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
'' (
land snails A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
) *** '' Helminthoglypta jaegeri'' *** '' Oreohelix handi jaegeri'' File:Ivesia jaegeri 6.jpg, ''Ivesia jaergi'' (Jaeger's mousetail or Jaeger's ivesia) File:Caulostraminajaegeri.jpg, ''Caulostramina jaegeri'' (cliffdweller) File:Astragalusjaegerianus.jpg, ''Astragalus jaegerianus'' (Lane Mountain milkvetch) File:Penstemon thompsoniae ssp jaegeri 8.jpg, ''Penstemon thomsoniae'' subspecies ''jaegeri'' (Jaeger's beardtongue) File:Draba jaegeri 2.jpg, ''Draba jaegeri'' (variety of whitlow-grass in seed)


References


Further reading

* * * (Photography by Walter Meayers Edwards; foreword by Jaeger) ** * * * * * *


External links


Edmund Jaeger site

Riverside (California) Metropolitan Museum
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Edmund C Jaeger Nature Sanctuary USGS Desert Center Quad, California, Topographic Map
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaeger, Edmund American ecologists American naturalists American nature writers American male non-fiction writers American science writers Writers from Los Angeles People from Loup City, Nebraska Writers from Palm Springs, California Writers from Riverside, California Writers from Nebraska 1887 births 1983 deaths 20th-century naturalists