Ethology in Latin America: Mapping the diffusion of a scientific discipline
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A selection of relevant dispersers of ethological knowledge in Latin America.
Researcher |
Countries |
Study Organisms |
Formal or Informal Tutors in Ethology |
Alfredo Peretti |
Argentina |
Arachnids |
William Eberhard |
Juan Reboreda |
Argentina, UK |
Birds |
Oxford University, UK, Alex Kacelnik |
Marcelo Cassini |
Argentina |
Mammals |
|
Alejandro (Alex) Kacelnik |
Argentina, UK |
Birds |
Oxford University, UK |
Esteban Fernandez-Juricic |
Argentina, USA |
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|
Fernando Nottebohm |
Argentina, USA |
Birds |
Univ. de California- Berkeley |
Hector Maldonado + |
Argentina, Venezuela |
Neuro-Ethology |
|
Josue Nuñez * + |
Argentina, Venezuela |
Bees |
Karl von Frish, Germany 1 |
A. Araújo M.F. Arruda A.I. Alencar F. Albuquerque M.C.Nascimento |
Brazil |
Primates |
|
Cesar Ades + |
Brazil |
|
|
Dominique Fresneau |
Brazil |
Ants |
Pierre Jaisson, France |
Evaldo Vilela |
Brazil |
Ants |
Philip Howse GB |
Lilian Manica |
Brazil |
Birds |
U. de Brasilia – Regina Macedo |
Maria Emilia Yamamoto |
Brazil |
Primates |
|
Regina Macedo |
Brazil |
Birds |
Uni Oklahoma USA |
Walter Cunha |
Brazil |
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|
Paulo Oliveira Glauco Machado |
Brazil |
Eco-ehology |
UNICAMP U. Sao Paulo |
Ivan Izquierdo |
Brazil, Uruguay |
Neuro-Ethology |
|
Luis Ebensperger |
Chile |
Rodents |
Boston Uni. USA |
Rodrigo Vásquez |
Chile |
Birds |
|
Andres Quioñes |
Colombia, Switzerland |
|
U. Groningen, Netherlands |
Patricia Brennan |
Colombia, USA |
Birds |
|
Ximena E Bernal |
Colombia, USA |
Amphibians |
Horst Luddecke, Michael Ryan, Stan Rand & Ron Hoy |
Rafael Rodríguez Sevilla |
Costa Rica, USA |
Insects, Spiders |
Univ. Of Kansas |
Leticia Avilés |
Ecuador, USA |
Spiders |
|
Guillermo Paz y Miño |
Ecuador, USA |
Protists |
U. Missouri-St. Louis, Zuleyma Tang-Martinez |
Pierre Jaisson * |
France, Brasil |
Ants |
France, Rémy Chauvin, Pierre-Paul Grassé, Patrick Bateson |
Randolf Menzel * |
Germany, Brazil |
Bees |
Karl von Frish, Germany |
C. E. Moreno |
Mexico |
Beetles |
Mexico |
Gonzalo Halffter |
Mexico |
Beetles |
|
Hugh Drummond |
Mexico |
Birds |
U. Tennessee, USA Gordon Burghardt |
Mario Favila |
Mexico |
Beetles |
|
Oscar Ríos Cárdenas |
Mexico |
Fish |
State University of New York, Buffalo, Michael Webster (?) |
Rogelio Macías Ordoñez |
Mexico |
Opilinidae |
Lehigh Univ. Pennsylvania USA |
Roxana Torres |
Mexico |
|
|
Amando Bautista Ortega |
Mexico |
Mammals |
U. Veracruzana, MX |
Verónica Reyes |
Mexico |
Mammals |
U. Veracruzana, MX |
Sergio Ancona |
Mexico |
Birds |
U. Autónoma de México (UNAM), Hugh Drummond |
Lourdes Arteaga Castañeda |
Mexico |
Mammals |
UNAM |
Jórge Ayala Berdón |
Mexico |
Bats |
UNAM |
Constantino Macías García |
Mexico |
Birds, Fish |
U. East Anglia, UK. |
Juan Francisco Ornelas Rodriguez |
Mexico |
Birds |
U. Arizona |
Alejandro González Voyer |
Mexico |
Amphibians, Fish |
UNAM, Hugh Drummond |
Javier Manjarrez |
Mexico |
Reptiles |
UNAM, Hugh Drummond |
Manuel Leal |
Puerto Rico, US |
Reptiles |
|
Samuel Diaz-Munhoz |
Puerto Rico, US |
Primates, Virus |
|
Phillip Howse * |
UK, Brazil, Venezuela |
Ants |
Germany, Tinbergen in UK 2 |
Anita Aisenberg |
Uruguay |
Spiders |
Uruguay |
Carmen Viera |
Uruguay |
Spiders |
Uruguay |
Gabriel Francescoli |
Uruguay |
Rodents, Lycosidae |
France |
Mary Jane West-Eberhardt |
USA, Colombia, Costa Rica |
Wasps |
|
Carlos Bosque |
Venezuela |
Birds |
USA |
Emilio Herrera |
Venezuela |
Rodents |
Oxford, UK |
Klaus Jaffe |
Venezuela |
Ants, Humans |
Hector Maldonado (Argentina) Philip Howse (GB) |
Mariana Muñoz-Romo |
Venezuela |
Bats |
|
Zaida Tárano |
Venezuela |
Amphibia |
|
Juan Carlos Correa |
Venezuela, Colombia |
Humans |
Klaus Jaffe, Venezuela |
Zuleyma Tang-Martinez |
Venezuela, USA |
Rodents, Small Mammals, Snakes, Spiders |
U. California –Berkeley, USA Steve Glickman Roy Caldwell |
+ indicates that the person is no longer alive.
* indicates personal influence from founders of Ethology
1- Josue A. Nuñez got his PhD in Argentina but met von Frisch in Germany, becoming a life long admirer. He translated his book on Das Leben del Bienen to Spanish (La vida de las abejas / Karl von Frisch ; traducción Josue A. Nuñez; actualización Martín Lindauer)
2- P.E. Howse assisted a lecture by N. Tinbergen in London which introduced him to ethology and made it a central focus of his academic career