Warder Clyde Allee (June 5, 1885 - March 18, 1955) was an American zoologist and ecologist who taught animal ecology at the University of Chicago. He is best known for his research on animal behavior, protocooperation, and for identifying the Allee effect.

Allee was born in Bloomingdale, Indiana and died in Gainesville, Florida.

The Animal Behavior Society offers the W.C. Allee Award in a juried competition held at their annual meeting.

See also

• Population density

Bibliography

• Alee, W. C. (1931). Animal Aggregations. A study in General Sociology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0404145019
• Allee, W. C. (1949). Principles of Animal Ecology. W.B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. ISBN 0721611206

External links

• WC Allee Laboratory of Animal Behavior Biopsychological Research Building at the University of Chicago