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Edward O. Wilson
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 408
Citations - 92246
Edward O. Wilson is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biodiversity & Sociobiology. The author has an hindex of 101, co-authored 406 publications receiving 89994 citations. Previous affiliations of Edward O. Wilson include University of Guelph & University of Toronto.
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The earliest known ants: an analysis of the Cretaceous species and an inference concerning their social organization
TL;DR: The known Cretaceous formicoids are better interpreted from morphological evidence as forming a single subfamily, the Sphecomyrminae, and even a single genus, SpheComyrma, rather than multiple families and genera, and share some key traits with nonsocial aculeate wasps.
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Building a Scientifically Sound Policy for Protecting Endangered Species
TL;DR: The primary legislative tool for protecting imperiled species in the United States is the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, and the pending reauthorization of this law has sparked a fierce debate on the science, economics, and ethics of protecting vanishing species.
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The alarm-defence system of the ant Lasius alienus
TL;DR: Undecane, the principal component, was shown to be more effective as an alarm substance for L. alienus, than for the relazed species Acanthomyops claviger, which appears to depend less in its defence strategy on orientation toward points of disturbances and defensive chemical sprays, and more on ‘early warning’ and evacuation.
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Ecological Science and the Human Predicament
Fakhri A. Bazzaz,Gerardo Ceballos,Margaret B. Davis,Rodolfo Dirzo,Paul R. Ehrlich,Thomas Eisner,Simon A. Levin,John H. Lawton,Jane Lubchenco,Pamela A. Matson,Harold A. Mooney,Peter H. Raven,Joan Roughgarden,José Sarukhán,David Tilman,Peter M. Vitousek,Brian Walker,Diana H. Wall,Edward O. Wilson,George M. Woodwell,G. David Tilman +20 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that a third activity must now be added by all scientists: (iii) informing the general public (and especially, taxpayers) of the relevance and importance of our work.