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62
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10767
World Ranking
2119
National Ranking
760

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Walter R. Tschinkel is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Genetics, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's work encompasses diverse main topics such as Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Mental Health Research Topics.

Recent publications by Walter R. Tschinkel include:

  • "Definition of 'fairy circles' and how they differ from other common vegetation gaps and plant rings," 2021, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • "Memories of E. O. Wilson," 2022, Inference International Review of Science
  • "In memoriam Eldridge S. Adams (1957-2019)," 2020, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • "Fairy circle research: Status, controversies and the way forward," 2025, Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics

The scientist has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Stephan Getzin
  • Hezi Yizhaq
  • David L. Wagner
  • James F. A. Traniello
  • Barbara L. Thorne

Walter R. Tschinkel has contributed to the following publication venues:

  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Inference International Review of Science
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics

In addition to journal articles, they have published books with Princeton University Press, including repeated editions of "Ant Architecture" in 2021.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The Fire Ants

    Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Foraging in Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): effects of weather and season.

    Sanford D. Porter;Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Sociometry and Sociogenesis of Colonies of the Fire Ant Solenopsis Invicta During One Annual Cycle

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  • The nest architecture of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius

    Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Experimental evidence that human impacts drive fire ant invasions and ecological change

    Joshua R. King;Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Fire ant polymorphism: the ergonomics of brood production

    Sanford D. Porter;Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Colony growth and the ontogeny of worker polymorphism in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

    Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Subterranean ant nests: trace fossils past and future?

    Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Colony founding by pleometrosis in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

    Walter R. Tschinkel;Dennis F. Howard

  • Distribution of the Fire Ants Solenopsis invicta and S. geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Northern Florida in Relation to Habitat and Disturbance

    Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Desiccation resistance in arboreal and terrestrial ants.

    W. Gregory Hood;Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Comparative anatomy of the defensive glands, ovipositors and female genital tubes of tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera)

    Walter R. Tschinkel;John T. Doyen

  • Seasonal life history and nest architecture of a winter-active ant, Prenolepis imparis

    W. R. Tschinkel

  • A comparative study of the chemical defensive system of tenebrionid beetles: Chemistry of the secretions

    Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Experimental evidence that the introduced fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, does not competitively suppress co‐occurring ants in a disturbed habitat

    Joshua R. King;Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Phenetic and cladistic relationships among tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera)

    John T. Doyen;Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Insect sociometry, a field in search of data

    W. R. Tschinkel

  • Regulation of Diet in the Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta

    Deby Lee Cassill;Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Nest architecture of the ant Formica pallidefulva: structure, costs and rules of excavation

    A. S. Mikheyev;W. R. Tschinkel

  • Fire ant thermal preferences: behavioral control of growth and metabolism

    Sanford D. Porter;Walter R. Tschinkel

  • Sociometry and sociogenesis of colonies of the harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius : worker characteristics in relation to colony size and season

    W.R. Tschinkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanford D. Porter
Sanford D. Porter Agricultural Research Service
Michael D. Cramer
Michael D. Cramer University of Cape Town
Nichole N. Barger
Nichole N. Barger University of Colorado Boulder
Alexander S. Mikheyev
Alexander S. Mikheyev Australian National University
Murray S. Blum
Murray S. Blum University of Georgia
Howard A. Bern
Howard A. Bern University of California, Berkeley
Jerrold Meinwald
Jerrold Meinwald Cornell University
James F. A. Traniello
James F. A. Traniello Boston University
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner Cornell University
Thorsten Wiegand
Thorsten Wiegand Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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