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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

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69
Citations
19191
World Ranking
1431
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6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

William G. Eberhard is a researcher affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. The focus of their research primarily lies within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers various subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Biomaterials, Insect Science, and Plant Science.

Key topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Silk-based biomaterials and applications
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Rafael L. Rodrı́guez, Gustavo Hormiga, Brent D. Opell, Rosannette Quesada, and Gilbert Barrantes.

William G. Eberhard has published multiple papers in journals such as the Journal of Arachnology, Ethology Ecology & Evolution, Arachnology, Behaviour, and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Notable recent papers authored by William G. Eberhard include:

  • "Zombie spiders and ecdysone: manipulation of Allocyclosa bifurca (Araneae: Araneidae) behavior by a parasitic wasp" (2021, Journal of Arachnology)
  • "Orb web traits typical of Uloboridae (Araneae)" (2022, Journal of Arachnology)
  • "A Bridge between Animal Psychology and Sexual Selection: Possible Effects of Habituation and Neural Adaptation on Mate Choice Signals" (2024, The Quarterly Review of Biology)

Other papers related to their broader research interests include "SHEET WEBS OF LINYPHIOID SPIDERS (ARANEAE: LINYPHIIDAE, PIMOIDAE): THE LIGHT OF DIVERSITY HIDDEN UNDER A LINGUISTIC BASKET" (2023, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology) and "Complex behavioral plasticity is not reduced in spiderlings with miniature brains" (2021, PLoS ONE), although these were authored by frequent co-authors.

William G. Eberhard was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000.

Best Publications

  • Female control : sexual selection by cryptic female choice

    William G. Eberhard

  • Sexual Selection and Animal Genitalia

    William G. Eberhard

  • ONE SIZE FITS ALL? RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SIZE AND DEGREE OF VARIATION IN GENITALIA AND OTHER BODY PARTS IN TWENTY SPECIES OF INSECTS AND SPIDERS.

    William G. Eberhard;William G. Eberhard;Bernhard A. Huber;S Rafael Lucas Rodriguez;R. Daniel Briceño

  • Function and Phylogeny of Spider Webs

    William G. Eberhard

  • EVIDENCE FOR WIDESPREAD COURTSHIP DURING COPULATION IN 131 SPECIES OF INSECTS AND SPIDERS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE.

    William G. Eberhard

  • Evolution of genitalia: theories, evidence, and new directions.

    William G. Eberhard

  • Beetle Horn Dimorphism: Making the Best of a Bad Lot

    William G. Eberhard

  • Static allometry and animal genitalia.

    William G. Eberhard

  • COPULATORY COURTSHIP AND CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE IN INSECTS

    William G. Eberhard

  • Sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male seminal products - a new bridge between sexual selection and reproductive physiology

    William G. Eberhard;Carlos Cordero

  • Female choice of sexually antagonistic male adaptations: a critical review of some current research.

    Carlos Cordero;William G. Eberhard

  • Male dimorphisms in beetles and earwigs and the question of developmental constraints.

    William G. Eberhard;Edgar E. Gutiérrez

  • Postcopulatory sexual selection: Darwin's omission and its consequences

    William G. Eberhard

  • BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERS FOR THE HIGHER CLASSIFICATION OF ORB-WEAVING SPIDERS.

    William G. Eberhard

  • Evolution in bacterial plasmids and levels of selection.

    William G. Eberhard

  • Spider manipulation by a wasp larva

    William G. Eberhard

  • Aggressive chemical mimicry by a bolas spider.

    William G. Eberhard

  • Evolutionary Consequences of Intracellular Organelle Competition

    William G. Eberhard

  • Rapid divergent evolution of sexual morphology: comparative tests of antagonistic coevolution and traditional female choice.

    William G. Eberhard

  • THE FUNCTION OF HORNS IN PODISCHNUS AGENOR (DYNASTINAE) AND OTHER BEETLES

    William G. Eberhard

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Rodríguez
Rafael Rodríguez University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Herbert W. Levi
Herbert W. Levi Harvard University
William T. Wcislo
William T. Wcislo Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Yael Lubin
Yael Lubin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Todd E. Shelly
Todd E. Shelly United States Department of Agriculture
Rodolfo Jaffé
Rodolfo Jaffé ENVIRON (United States)
Meredith Blackwell
Meredith Blackwell Louisiana State University
Rudolf Meier
Rudolf Meier Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Glauco Machado
Glauco Machado Universidade de São Paulo
Ingi Agnarsson
Ingi Agnarsson University of Iceland

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