Warder Clyde Allee (June 5, 1885 - March 18, 1955) was an American zoologist and ecologist who taught animal ecology at the University of Chicago. He is best known for his research on animal behavior, protocooperation, and for identifying the Allee effect. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... American, when used as an adjective, can mean of the United States of America or of or relating to the Americas; when used as a noun, United States citizen, residing in the Americas, or less frequently American English. Immigrants to the United States are usually called first-generation Americans, regardless... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Ecology is the branch of science that studies the distribution and abundance of living organisms, and the interactions between organisms and their environment. ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour (particularly of social animals such as primates and canids), and is a branch of zoology. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The Allee effect is a phenomenon in biology named after W. C. Allee, who first wrote extensively on it. ...

Allee was born in Bloomingdale, Indiana and died in Gainesville, Florida. Bloomingdale is a town located in Parke County, Indiana. ... Gainesville is a city located in Alachua County, Florida, most known for the University of Florida, home to the Florida Gators football team. ...

The Animal Behavior Society offers the W.C. Allee Award in a juried competition held at their annual meeting.

See also

• Population density

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Bibliography

• Alee, W. C. (1931). Animal Aggregations. A study in General Sociology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0404145019
• Allee, W. C. (1949). Principles of Animal Ecology (http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=3110087). W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. ISBN 0721611206

External links

• WC Allee Laboratory of Animal Behavior (http://maps.uchicago.edu/northwest/allee.html) Biopsychological Research Building at the University of Chicago