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Donald W. Janes
Best known for a concise wildlife study of the eastern cottontail in Kansas, this zoologist wrote with the clear, practical style of a field researcher. His work offers a snapshot of mid-century animal ecology and careful observation in the American Midwest.
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Home Range and Movements of the Eastern Cottontail in Kansas
by Donald W. Janes
About the author
Donald W. Janes was an American zoologist and biologist whose surviving published work is closely tied to Kansas wildlife research. He is credited with Home Range and Movements of the Eastern Cottontail in Kansas, a scientific study that has remained available through public-domain and library collections.
Available biographical sources identify him more fully as Donald Wallace Janes. They describe him as a biologist, educator, and academic administrator, born in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 12, 1929, and note that he earned his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. in zoology at Kansas State. Those same sources also say he studied and worked across the Midwest and spent time in Austria on a Fulbright fellowship.
Because reliable public information is limited, the picture that emerges is of a career grounded in teaching, research, and applied biology rather than literary fame. For listeners coming to his work today, the appeal is its direct, observational approach and its window into classic field biology.