National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
Burkina Faso
Eastern
Ghana
Date Range:
1968-1969
Start Date:
19680922
End Date:
19690712
Abstract:
The journal documents R. E. Vaden's field work as part of the African Mammal Project (Smithsonian Institution), September 22, 1968 - July 12, 1969. Pages are numbered (1 - 140). Begins with a list of Upper Volta specimens returned by O.R.S.T.O.M.; camp records headed with location with types, quantities, and totals; tables of periodic measurements of humidity with date, am reading, pm reading,maximum and minimum. Entries are headed with date and locality (province, latitude and longitude, country). Details cover work with colleagues (various), local sites visited, collecting locations, specimens collected (type and quantity), daily activities and times of day, collecting methods (types and quantity of traps), habitat and vegetation, humidity and temperature, and campsites. Locations include sites across Upper Volta, Burkina Faso; Eastern region, Ghana.
