托马斯·艾斯纳(Thomas Eisner)——昆虫研究领域的权威,他的研究揭示了昆虫用来击退猎食者、吸引异性和保护后代的复杂化学现象——于2011年3月25日在美国纽约州伊萨卡的家中逝世,享年81岁。据康奈尔大学透露,艾斯纳博士死于帕金森氏症并发症。他一直在该大学担任化学生态学教授。在艾斯纳博士2003年出版的《眷恋昆虫》一书的介绍中,哈佛大学的生物学家E·O·维尔森(E.O. Thomas Eisner - The authority in the field of insect research, his research reveals the complex chemistry that insects use to repel prey, attract the opposite sex, and protect their offspring - on March 25, 2011 at Athaka, New York, USA, died at the age of 81. According to Cornell University, Dr. Eisner died of Parkinson’s disease. He has been a professor of chemical ecology at the university. In an introduction to Dr. Eisner’s 2003 issue of Insect Insects, E.O., a biologist at Harvard University,