Edward Osborne Wilson - Publications

Affiliations: 
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States 
Area:
Myrmecology, Sociobiology, Biodiversity, Consilience, Biophilia, Conservationism
Website:
http://www.eowilson.org/

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2019 Wetterer JK, Lubertazzi D, Wilson EO. Ants Of Grenada (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 162: 309-346. DOI: 10.3099/0027-4100-162.5.263  0.657
2018 Matos-Maraví P, Clouse RM, Sarnat EM, Economo EP, LaPolla JS, Borovanska M, Rabeling C, Czekanski-Moir J, Latumahina F, Wilson EO, Janda M. An ant genus-group (Prenolepis) illuminates the biogeography and drivers of insect diversification in the Indo-Pacific. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 29448063 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2018.02.007  0.353
2017 Wilson EO. Biodiversity research requires more boots on the ground. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1: 1590-1591. PMID 29066811 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-017-0360-y  0.301
2017 Simberloff D, Wilson E. A Pioneering Adventure Becomes an Ecological Classic: The Pioneers The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. 98: 276-277. DOI: 10.1002/Bes2.1347  0.515
2016 Wetterer JK, Lubertazzi D, Rana JD, Wilson EO. Ants of Barbados (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Breviora. 548: 1-34. DOI: 10.3099/Brvo-548-00-1-34.1  0.659
2015 Clouse RM, Janda M, Blanchard B, Sharma P, Hoffmann BD, Andersen AN, Czekanski-Moir JE, Krushelnycky P, Rabeling C, Wilson EO, Economo EP, Sarnat EM, General DM, Alpert GD, Wheeler WC. Molecular phylogeny of Indo-Pacific carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Camponotus) reveals waves of dispersal and colonization from diverse source areas Cladistics. 31: 424-437. DOI: 10.1111/Cla.12099  0.322
2014 Wilson EO, Nowak MA. Natural selection drives the evolution of ant life cycles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111: 12585-90. PMID 25114217 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1405550111  0.345
2014 Sarnat E, Rabeling C, Economo E, Wilson E. First record of a species from the New World Pheidole flavens-complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) introduced to the southwestern Pacific Bioinvasions Records. 3: 301-307. DOI: 10.3391/Bir.2014.3.4.13  0.348
2014 Tschinkel WR, Wilson EO. Scientific natural history: Telling the epics of nature Bioscience. 64: 438-443. DOI: 10.1093/Biosci/Biu033  0.374
2012 Wheeler QD, Knapp S, Stevenson DW, Stevenson J, Blum SD, Boom BM, Borisy GG, Buizer JL, De Carvalho MR, Cibrian A, Donoghue MJ, Doyle V, Gerson EM, Graham CH, Graves P, ... ... Wilson EO, et al. Mapping the biosphere: Exploring species to understand the origin, organization and sustainability of biodiversity Systematics and Biodiversity. 10: 1-20. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2012.665095  0.322
2010 Nowak MA, Tarnita CE, Wilson EO. The evolution of eusociality. Nature. 466: 1057-62. PMID 20740005 DOI: 10.1038/Nature09205  0.317
2008 Wilson EO. One giant leap: How insects achieved altruism and colonial life Bioscience. 58: 17-25. DOI: 10.1641/B580106  0.302
2008 Wilson DS, Wilson EO. Evolution "For the good of the group" American Scientist. 96: 380-389. DOI: 10.1511/2008.74.380  0.385
2008 Wilson EO. The Effects of Complex Social Life on Evolution and Biodiversity Handbook of Evolution. 2: 47-56. DOI: 10.1002/9783527619719.ch3  0.319
2007 Wilson DS, Wilson EO. Rethinking the theoretical foundation of sociobiology. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 82: 327-48. PMID 18217526 DOI: 10.1086/522809  0.424
2007 Wilson DS, Wilson EO. Evolution: survival of the selfless New Scientist. 196: 42-46. DOI: 10.1016/S0262-4079(07)62792-4  0.393
2006 Ingram KK, Bernardello G, Cover S, Wilson EO. The ants of the Juan Fernández Islands: Genesis of an invasive fauna Biological Invasions. 8: 383-387. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-004-3973-4  0.331
2005 Wilson EO, Hölldobler B. Eusociality: origin and consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102: 13367-71. PMID 16157878 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0505858102  0.516
2005 Wilson EO, Hölldobler B. The rise of the ants: a phylogenetic and ecological explanation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102: 7411-4. PMID 15899976 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0502264102  0.549
2005 Wilson EO. Systematics and the future of biology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102: 6520-1. PMID 15851661 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0501936102  0.352
2005 Wilson EO. Environment: early ant plagues in the New World. Nature. 433: 32. PMID 15635401 DOI: 10.1038/433032a  0.338
2005 Wilson EO, Hölldobler B. Erratum: Eusociality: Origin and consequences (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (September 20, 2005) 102, 38 (13367-13371)) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102. DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0508220102  0.483
2005 Wilson EO. Oribatid mite predation by small ants of the genus Pheidole Insectes Sociaux. 52: 263-265. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0802-4  0.326
2004 Wheeler QD, Raven PH, Wilson EO. Taxonomy: impediment or expedient? Science (New York, N.Y.). 303: 285. PMID 14726557 DOI: 10.1126/Science.303.5656.285  0.352
2003 Wilson EO. On global biodiversity estimates Paleobiology. 29: 14-14. DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0014:Ogbe>2.0.Co;2  0.356
2003 ORIANS G, BRIAND F, DIAMOND J, COLBORN T, GOMEZ E, GUILLEMIN R, KLUG A, KONISHI M, LUBCHENCO J, MEE L, NORSE E, DI SCIARA GN, PAYNE R, SAFINA C, SUZUKI D, ... WILSON EO, et al. “Scientists versus Whaling”: Whose Errors of Judgment? Bioscience. 53: 202. DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0202:Svwweo]2.0.Co;2  0.567
2003 Cover S, Wilson EO, Naskrecki P. Encyclopedia of life: Should species description equal gene sequence? A reply [2] Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 18: 612. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2003.09.015  0.312
2003 Orians G, Briand F, Diamond J, Colborn T, Gomez E, Guillemin R, Klug SA, Konishi M, Lubchenco J, Mee L, Norse E, Di Sciara GN, Payne R, Safina C, Suzuki D, ... Wilson EO, et al. "Scientists versus Whaling": Whose errors of judgment? [2] Bioscience. 53: 200-203.  0.483
2000 Wilson EO. A global biodiversity map. Science (New York, N.Y.). 289: 2279. PMID 11041790 DOI: 10.1126/Science.289.5488.2279  0.365
2000 Haig D, Pierce NE, Wilson EO. William Hamilton (1936-2000). Science (New York, N.Y.). 287: 2438. PMID 10766623 DOI: 10.1126/Science.287.5462.2438  0.525
1998 Wilson EO. Integrated science and the coming century of the environment Science. 279: 2048. DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5359.2048  0.344
1998 Bazzaz F, Ceballos G, Davis M, Dirzo R, Ehrlich PR, Elsner T, Levin S, Lawton JH, Lubhenco J, Matson PA, Mooney HA, Raven PH, Roughgarden JE, Sarukhan J, Tilman GD, ... ... Wilson EO, et al. Ecological science and the human predicament [2] Science. 282: 879.  0.486
1993 Wilson EO. Is humanity suicidal? Bio Systems. 31: 235-42. PMID 8155855 DOI: 10.1016/0303-2647(93)90052-E  0.345
1992 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. Pheidole Nasutoides, A New Species of Costa Rican Ant That Apparently Mimics Termites Psyche (New York). 99: 15-22. DOI: 10.1155/1992/49841  0.558
1992 Hölldobler B, Obermayer M, Wilson EO. Communication in the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 171: 9-16. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00195956  0.522
1991 Ehrlich PR, Wilson E. Biodiversity studies: science and policy. Science (New York, N.Y.). 253: 758-62. PMID 17835492 DOI: 10.1126/Science.253.5021.758  0.336
1990 Holldobler B, Wilson EO. Host tree selection by the Neotropical ant Paraponera clavata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica. 22: 213-214. DOI: 10.2307/2388416  0.5
1989 Wilson EO. Threats to Biodiversity. Scientific American. 261: 108-116. DOI: 10.1038/Scientificamerican0989-108  0.361
1989 Wilson EO. Chimaeridris, a new genus of hook-mandibled myrmicine ants from tropical asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Insectes Sociaux. 36: 62-69. DOI: 10.1007/BF02225881  0.338
1988 Wilson EO, Hölldobler B. Dense heterarchies and mass communication as the basis of organization in ant colonies. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 3: 65-8. PMID 21227094 DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(88)90018-3  0.511
1987 Wilson EO. The earliest known ants: an analysis of the Cretaceous species and an inference concerning their social organization. Paleobiology. 13: 44-53. DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300008563  0.372
1986 Wilson EO. Apis mellifera: Honeybee Ecology. Science (New York, N.Y.). 231: 625-6. PMID 17750985 DOI: 10.1126/science.231.4738.625-a  0.327
1986 Wilson EO, Johnson N, Cora J. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 4. A giant ponerine in the genus Paraponera. Israel Journal of Entomology. 19: 197-200. DOI: 10.5281/Zenodo.25316  0.326
1986 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. Nest area exploration and recognition in leafcutter ants (Atta cephalotes) Journal of Insect Physiology. 32: 143-150. DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(86)90133-2  0.524
1986 Wilson EO, Hölldobler B. Ecology and behavior of the neotropical cryptobiotic ant Basiceros manni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini) Insectes Sociaux. 33: 70-84. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02224036  0.55
1986 Wilson EO. Caste and division of labor in Erebomyrma, a Genus of dimorphic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) Insectes Sociaux. 33: 59-69. DOI: 10.1007/BF02224035  0.344
1986 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. Ecology and Behavior of the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Insectes Sociaux. 33: 45-58. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02224034  0.546
1986 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. Soil-binding pilosity and camouflage in ants of the tribes Basicerotini and Stegomyrmecini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Zoomorphology. 106: 12-20. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00311942  0.487
1985 Wilson EO. The sociogenesis of insect colonies. Science (New York, N.Y.). 228: 1489-95. PMID 17831241 DOI: 10.1126/science.228.4707.1489  0.31
1985 Wilson EO. Invasion and extinction in the west Indian ant fauna: evidence from the dominican amber. Science (New York, N.Y.). 229: 265-7. PMID 17759146 DOI: 10.1126/science.229.4710.265  0.344
1985 Wilson EO. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 2. The first fossil army ants. Psyche. 92: 11-16. DOI: 10.1155/1985/63693  0.331
1985 Wilson EO. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche. 92: 17-37. DOI: 10.1155/1985/20969  0.327
1985 Wilson EO, Hölldobler B. Caste-specific techniques of defense in the polymorphic ant Pheidole embolopyx (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Insectes Sociaux. 32: 3-22. DOI: 10.1007/Bf02233223  0.543
1984 Wilson EO, Brown WL. Behavior of the cryptobiotic predaceous ant Eurhopalothrix heliscata, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini) Insectes Sociaux. 31: 408-428. DOI: 10.1007/BF02223657  0.321
1984 Wilson EO. Tropical social parasites in the ant genus Pheidole, with an analysis of the anatomical parasitic syndrome (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Insectes Sociaux. 31: 316-334. DOI: 10.1007/BF02223615  0.356
1984 Wilson EO. The relation between caste ratios and division of labor in the ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 16: 89-98. DOI: 10.1007/BF00293108  0.325
1983 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. Queen Control in Colonies of Weaver Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 76: 235-238. DOI: 10.1093/Aesa/76.2.235  0.519
1981 Eisner T, Eisner H, Meinwald J, Sagan C, Walcott C, Mayr E, Wilson EO, Raven PH, Ehrlich A, Ehrlich PR, Carr A, Odum EP, Gans C. Conservation of tropical forests. Science (New York, N.Y.). 213: 1314. PMID 17732553 DOI: 10.1126/Science.213.4514.1314  0.437
1981 Bixler RH, Altmann SA, Barash DP, Waterhouse M, Charlesworth B, Eskildsen GA, Kortmulder K, Livingstone FB, Lumsden CJ, Wilson EO, Moore LG, Renard-Casevitz F, Ruse M, Shepher J, Smith PK, et al. Incest Avoidance as a Function of Environment and Heredity [and Comments and Reply] Current Anthropology. 22: 639-654. DOI: 10.1086/202749  0.303
1980 Wilson EO, Hölldobler B. Sex differences in cooperative silk-spinning by weaver ant larvae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 77: 2343-7. PMID 16592808 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.77.4.2343  0.512
1980 Slatkin M, Oster GF, Wilson EO. Optimization in Evolution Evolution. 34: 1031. DOI: 10.2307/2408011  0.464
1978 Wilson EO. Ecology of ants and termites. Science (New York, N.Y.). 201: 337. PMID 17793727 DOI: 10.1126/science.201.4353.337  0.352
1978 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. The multiple recruitment systems of the african weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 3: 19-60. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00300045  0.555
1977 Wilson EO. Biology and the social sciences. Daedalus. 106: 127-40. PMID 11610321 DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-9744.1990.Tb00791.X  0.31
1977 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. Weaver ants: social establishment and maintenance of territory. Science (New York, N.Y.). 195: 900-2. PMID 841318 DOI: 10.1126/Science.841318  0.519
1977 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. Colony-specific territorial pheromone in the African weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 74: 2072-5. PMID 266729 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.74.5.2072  0.52
1977 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. The number of queens: An important trait in ant evolution Naturwissenschaften. 64: 8-15. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00439886  0.562
1976 Wilson EO. A social ethogram of the neotropical arboreal ant Zacryptocerus varians (Fr. Smith) Animal Behaviour. 24: 354-363. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(76)80043-7  0.346
1976 Wilson EO. The organization of colony defense in the ant Pheidole dentata mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 1: 63-81. DOI: 10.1007/BF00299953  0.326
1975 Wilson EO. LEPTOTHORAX DULOTICUS AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SLAVERY IN ANTS. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 29: 108-119. PMID 28563286 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1975.tb00819.x  0.317
1975 Wilson EO. Slavery in Ants Scientific American. 232: 32-36. DOI: 10.1038/Scientificamerican0675-32  0.312
1972 Morris MG, Wilson EO, Bossert WH. A Primer of Population Biology. The Journal of Applied Ecology. 9: 896. DOI: 10.2307/2401920  0.629
1970 Simberloff DS, Wilson EO. Experimental Zoogeography of Islands. A Two-Year Record of Colonization Ecology. 51: 934-937. DOI: 10.2307/1933995  0.537
1970 Hölldobler B, Wilson EO. Recruitment Trails in the Harvester Ant Pogonomyrmex Badius Psyche: a Journal of Entomology. 77: 385-399. DOI: 10.1155/1970/38470  0.499
1970 Hangartner W, Reichson JM, Wilson EO. Orientation to nest material by the ant, Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) Animal Behaviour. 18: 331-334. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(70)80045-8  0.321
1969 Wilson EO, Bossert WH, Regnier FE. A general method for estimating threshold concentrations of odorant molecules. Journal of Insect Physiology. 15: 597-610. PMID 5772205 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(69)90258-3  0.642
1969 Swinebroad J, MacArthur RH, Wilson EO. The Theory of Island Biogeography Journal of Wildlife Management. 33: 1046. DOI: 10.2307/3799353  0.627
1969 Williamson M, MacArthur RH, Wilson EO. The Theory of Island Biogeography Journal of Animal Ecology. 38: 464. DOI: 10.2307/2790  0.627
1969 Simberloff DS, Wilson EO. Experimental Zoogeography of Islands: The Colonization of Empty Islands Ecology. 50: 278-296. DOI: 10.2307/1934856  0.532
1969 Wilson EO, Simberloff DS. Experimental Zoogeography of Islands: Defaunation and Monitoring Techniques Ecology. 50: 267-278. DOI: 10.2307/1934855  0.525
1967 Wilson EO, Taylor RW. AN ESTIMATE OF THE POTENTIAL EVOLUTIONARY INCREASE IN SPECIES DENSITY IN THE POLYNESIAN ANT FAUNA. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 21: 1-10. PMID 28556100 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1967.tb00125.x  0.359
1967 Wilson EO, Carpenter FM, Brown WL. The first mesozoic ants. Science (New York, N.Y.). 157: 1038-40. PMID 17770424 DOI: 10.1126/Science.157.3792.1038  0.622
1967 Wilson EO, Carpenter FM, Brown WL. The First Mesozoic Ants, with the Description of a New Subfamily Psyche. 74: 1-19. DOI: 10.1155/1967/89604  0.593
1965 Wilson EO. A Consistency Test for Phylogenies Based on Contemporaneous Species Systematic Biology. 14: 214-220. DOI: 10.2307/2411550  0.323
1965 Walsh CT, Law JH, Wilson EO. Purification of the fire ant trail substance [51] Nature. 207: 320-321. DOI: 10.1038/207320B0  0.414
1963 WILSON EO, BOSSERT WH. CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION AMONG ANIMALS. Recent Progress in Hormone Research. 19: 673-716. PMID 14284035  0.617
1963 Bossert WH, Wilson EO. The analysis of olfactory communication among animals. Journal of Theoretical Biology. 5: 443-69. PMID 5875169 DOI: 10.1016/0022-5193(63)90089-4  0.646
1963 MacArthur RH, Wilson EO. An Equilibrium Theory Of Insular Zoogeography Evolution. 17: 373-387. DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1963.Tb03295.X  0.659
1959 Wilson EO. Some Ecological Characteristics of Ants in New Guinea Rain Forests Ecology. 40: 437-447. DOI: 10.2307/1929761  0.301
1959 Wilson EO. Communication by Tandem Running in the Ant Genus Cardiocondyla Psyche. 66: 29-34. DOI: 10.1155/1959/29093  0.318
1959 Brown WL, Wilson EO. The Evolution of the Dacetine Ants The Quarterly Review of Biology. 34: 278-294. DOI: 10.1086/402828  0.34
1958 Wilson EO. Patchy Distributions of Ant Species in New Guinea Rain Forests Psyche. 65: 26-38. DOI: 10.1155/1958/52910  0.32
1958 Wilson EO. The Fire Ant Scientific American. 198: 36-41. DOI: 10.1038/Scientificamerican0358-36  0.307
1958 Wilson EO. Observations on the behavior of the Cerapachyine ants Insectes Sociaux. 5: 129-140. DOI: 10.1007/BF02222432  0.343
1957 Wilson EO, Eisner T. Quantitative studies of liquid food transmission in ants Insectes Sociaux. 4: 157-166. DOI: 10.1007/BF02224149  0.304
1956 Wilson EO, Brown WL. New parasitic ants of the genus Kyidris, with notes on ecology and behavior Insectes Sociaux. 3: 439-454. DOI: 10.1007/BF02225764  0.347
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