Vambola Maavara (10 February 1928 Tsooru Parish – 14 May 1999
Tartu
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) was an
Estonian
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entomologist and
travelog writer.
In 1951 he graduated from
Tartu State University
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in biology. From 1947 to 1991 he worked at the
Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany. From 1992 to 1998 he worked at
Estonian University of Life Sciences
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' Plant Protection Institute.
His main fields of research were ecology and
ethology of
social insects
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, forest entomology,
myrmecology,
sociobiology. He was one of the most prominent ant researcher in Estonia. He discovered about 20 new ant species.
Works
* Noore entomoloogi käsiraamat (1956, with author's illustrations)
* Metsakaitse (1961, one of the authors and illustrator)
* Taimekaitse aktuaalsed küsimused (1970)
* Mägedest mägedeni (1979, with author's illustrations)
* Sotsiobioloogia arenguloost ja olemusest. – Biosüsteemide kooseksisteerimise teooria, 1986
* Madal- ja siirdesoode loomastik. Rabade loomastik. – Eesti sood, 1988
References
1928 births
1999 deaths
Estonian entomologists
University of Tartu alumni
Academic staff of the Estonian University of Life Sciences
People from Antsla Parish
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