This is just one instance in which myrmecology influenced broader currents of thought. |
Edward Osborne Wilson is a globally renowned American biologist, naturalist and author, and is considered the world's leading expert in myrmecology, the study of ants. |
These are observations and anecdotes not about the ants, but about the scientists who study them, about the personal experience of myrmecology. |
The key is technical, loaded with terms seldom used outside of myrmecology, so the illustrations and glossary are particularly helpful. |
His open, supportive nature drew young people in, and he played a major role in starting the current boom times in which hundreds are engaged in myrmecology around the world. |
Voucher specimens were deposited in the collection of the Laboratory of Myrmecology, Cocoa Research Center, CEPLAC, Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil. |