Thomas Eisner

Research.com Recognitions

• 2005 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
• 1994 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his seminal contributions in the fields of insect behavior and chemical ecology, and for his international efforts on biodiversity.", Presented by Vice President Gore at Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Washington, DC on Monday, December 19, 1994.
• 1972 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1972 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 1969 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1964 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Best Publications

• Defense by foot adhesion in a beetle (Hemisphaerota cyanea)

  Thomas Eisner;Daniel J. Aneshansley

  416
  Citations

• Defensive Secretions of Arthropods

  Thomas Eisner;Jerrold Meinwald

  398
  Citations

• Herbivore-plant interactions: mixed-function oxidases and secondary plant substances.

  L. B. Brattsten;C. F. Wilkinson;T. Eisner

  363
  Citations

• Vein-cutting behavior: insect counterploy to the latex defense of plants

  David E. Dussourd;Thomas Eisner

  363
  Citations

• Long-term biological consequences of nuclear war

  Paul R. Ehrlich;John Harte;Mark A. Harwell;Peter H. Raven

  339
  Citations

• Biparental defensive endowment of eggs with acquired plant alkaloid in the moth Utetheisa ornatrix.

  David E. Dussourd;Karel Ubik;Carl Harvis;James Resch

  276
  Citations

• The chemistry of sexual selection

  Thomas Eisner;Jerrold Meinwald

  271
  Citations

• 8 – Chemical Defense against Predation in Arthropods

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  260
  Citations

• Precopulatory sexual interaction in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix): Role of a pheromone derived from dietary alkaloids

  William E. Conner;Thomas Eisner;Robert K. Vander Meer;Angel Guerrero

  256
  Citations

• Climate Change and the Integrity of Science

  Jennifer Sills;P. H. Gleick;R. M. Adams;R. M. Amasino

  236
  Citations

• Sex pheromone of the queen butterfly: biology.

  T. E. Pliske;T. Eisner

  236
  Citations

• Cantharidin: potent feeding deterrent to insects.

  James E. Carrel;Thomas Eisner

  235
  Citations

• Ultraviolet Reflection of a Male Butterfly: Interference Color Caused by Thin-Layer Elaboration of Wing Scales

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  225
  Citations

• Attractive and defensive functions of the ultraviolet pigments of a flower (Hypericum calycinum).

  Matthew Gronquist;Alexander Bezzerides;Athula Attygalle;Jerrold Meinwald

  217
  Citations

• Secret Weapons: Defenses of Insects, Spiders, Scorpions, and Other Many-Legged Creatures

  Thomas Eisner;Maria Eisner;Melody V. S. Siegler

  214
  Citations

• Pheromonal advertisement of a nuptial gift by a male moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).

  David E. Dussourd;Carl A. Harvis;Jerrold Meinwald;Thomas Eisner

  198
  Citations

• "Wolf-in-Sheep's-Clothing" Strategy of a Predaceous Insect Larva

  Thomas Eisner;Karen Hicks;Maria Eisner;Douglas S. Robson

  184
  Citations

• Postcopulatory sexual selection in an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix).

  Craig W. Lamunyon;Thomas Eisner

  177
  Citations

• Sex attractant of an arctiid moth (Utetheisa ornatrix): A pulsed chemical signal

  William E. Conner;Thomas Eisner;Robert K. Vander Meer;Angel Guerrero

  176
  Citations

• Flavonols: Pigments Responsible for Ultraviolet Absorption in Nectar Guide of Flower

  W. R. Thompson;Jerrold Meinwald;D. Aneshansley;Thomas Eisner

  176
  Citations

• Chemical defense against predation in an insect egg

  Thomas Eisner;Maria Eisner;Carmen Rossini;Vikram K. Iyengar

  170
  Citations

• ADHESIVENESS OF SPIDER SILK.

  Thomas Eisner;Rosalind Alsop;George Ettershank

  166
  Citations

• Defensive behavior of a termite ( Nasutitermes exitiosus )

  Thomas Eisner;Irmgard Kriston;Irmgard Kriston;Daniel J. Aneshansley

  160
  Citations