TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sundström, L.
T1  - Rainer Rosengren
JF  - Myrmecological News
Y1  - 2004
DA  - 2004
PB  - The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics
SN  - Print: 1994-4136 - Online: 1997-3500
N1  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_006:085
DO  - 10.25849/myrmecol.news_006:085
SP  - 85-87
KW  - None.
AB  - One of the pioneers in ant research, Rainer Rosengren, passed away on February 4th, a couple of months before his 70th birthday. Rosengren’s work focused on red wood ants and his work on route fidelity, visual memory and recruitment behaviour in these ants has gained much attention among students of social insects. A lesser known part of his literary production concerns humans as biological creatures. In this vein he wrote several essays on ethology and evolutionary biology in a true Darwinian spirit during the 1960s. These essays build on a Lorenzian tradition and picture him as a persuasive writer eager to engage in debates. Indeed, these essays brought into focus issues that later were championed by E.O. Wilson and set off the sociobiology controversy.
JA  - Myrmecological News
M3  - Obituary
VL  - 6