Bert Hölldobler

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Bert Hölldobler is a German behavioral biologist and myrmecologist renowned for his pioneering research on ant societies and social insects.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
behavioral biologist
biologist
myrmecologist
person
university professor
academicDegree PhD in zoology
almaMater University of Würzburg
awardReceived Bavarian Order of Merit
German Environmental Prize
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
awardReceivedFor The Ants
coAuthor E. O. Wilson
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1936-06-25
doctoralAdvisor Martin Lindauer
educatedIn biology
employer Arizona State University
Harvard University
University of Würzburg
familyName Hölldobler
fieldOfWork behavioral biology
entomology
myrmecology
sociobiology
givenName Bert
knownFor research on ant societies
research on social insects
studies of ant communication
studies of chemical ecology of ants
studies of division of labor in ants
studies of territoriality in ants
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
National Academy of Sciences of the United States
name Bert Hölldobler
notableWork Journey to the Ants
The Ants
The Superorganism
placeOfBirth Erling-Andechs, Bavaria, Germany
positionHeld foundation professor at Arizona State University
professor of behavioral physiology and sociobiology
professor of zoology
researchInterest evolution of eusociality
pheromone communication in insects
social organization in ants
workLocation Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Würzburg, Germany


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