Warder Clyde Avenue

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Warder Clyde Allee (born June 5, 1885 in Bloomingdale , Indiana , USA , † March 18, 1955 in Gainesville , Florida ) was an American zoologist and ecologist .

Life

Allee first studied at the University of Chicago , where he received his doctorate in 1912. He then moved to the University of Illinois and shortly afterwards as a research assistant at the University of Oklahoma . In 1921 he returned to Chicago , where he was a professor at the University of Chicago from 1928 to 1950. In 1950 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1951 to the National Academy of Sciences . From 1950 to 1955 he taught at the University of Florida .

He became known for his behavioral studies on protocooperation and for the Allee effect named after him , described as the inverse density dependence of the death rate .

The American Animal Behavior Society , which is also the publisher of the journal Animal Behavior , awards the Warder Clyde Allee Award at its annual meeting for the best presentation of behavioral research by a student.

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SURNAME Avenue, Warder Clyde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Avenue, toilet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American behaviorist and ecologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Bloomingdale , Indiana
DATE OF DEATH March 18, 1955
Place of death Gainesville , Florida