John Alcock (behavioral ecologist)
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John Alcock is an American behavioral ecologist and author. He is currently the Regents' Professor in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. His research interests include the evolution of diversity in insect populations, studying the adaptive value of different ways in which males find mating partners. He has authored several books, including The Kookaburras' Song: Exploring Animal Behavior in Australia (1988), Sonoran Desert Summer (1990), The Triumph of Sociobiology (2003), and Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach (2005). He also co-authored Sonoran Desert Spring (1994) with Marilyn Hoff Stewart, and In a Desert Garden: Love and Death Among the Insects (1999) with Turid Forsyth.
