William H. Cade
William Henry Cade(born July 5, 1946) is an American-Canadian biologist who served as the president andvice-chancellorof theUniversity of Lethbridgefrom 2000 to 2010.[1]His research articles deal mainly withentomology,particularly withfield crickets.
Education
[edit]Cade completed his BA (1968), MA (1972) and PhD (1976) in Zoology at theUniversity of Texasat Austin. While an undergraduate at Texas, Cade became a member of the Tau chapter of theKappa Sigmafraternity.[2]
Family
[edit]Cade's wife, Elsa Salazar Cade (born 1952,San Antonio, Texas), is aMexican-Americanscience teacherandentomologist.She was selected as one of the top ten science teachers in 1995 by theNational Science Teachers Association.[3]For her efforts, she received an award from theUniversity of Lethbridgein 2010 in recognition of her volunteer work.[4]
Research
[edit]William Cade has done research in evolution of animal behavior, insect reproductive behavior, acoustic signals in cricket, cockroach mating behavior, and parasite-prey coevolution.
Flies and crickets
[edit]With his wife, Cade has done more than 30 years of research on the Texas field cricket,Gryllus texensis.[5]He also had a long collaboration withDan Ottecollecting and studying the crickets andgrasshoppersofAfrica.[6]In 1975, together with his wife, he discovered the parasitic flyOrmia ochraceais attracted to the song of male crickets. Only female flies are attracted to the song, and they deposit living larvae on and in the vicinity of calling males. The larvae burrow into and eat the cricket who dies in about 7 days when the flies pupate. This was the first example of a natural enemy that locates its host or prey using the mating signal of the host/prey.[7]In 2006, research byMarlene Zukrevealed that pressure from theO. ochraceacaused the crickets to evolve a silent male with wings that look like female wings, one of the fastest recorded examples of evolution.[8]
Selected publications
[edit]- Cade, William H.; Cade, Elsa Salazar (1992-01-01)."Male mating success, calling and searching behaviour at high and low densities in the field cricket, Gryllus integer".Animal Behaviour.43(1): 49–56.doi:10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80070-3.ISSN0003-3472.S2CID54233067.
References
[edit]- ^Cade, William H."Curriculum Vitae"(PDF).Retrieved6 June2024.
- ^Cactus Yearbook.Austin, TX: University of Texas. 1968. p. 490.
- ^"Buffalo teacher a finalist for science group award".The Buffalo News.1995-02-17. p. 35.Retrieved2023-12-28.
- ^"Bill & Elsa Cade".Calgary Herald.2010-11-11. p. 78.Retrieved2023-12-28.
- ^Male mating success, calling and searching behavior at high and low density in the field cricket, Gryllus integer William H. Cade & Elsa Salazar Cade, Animal Behavior, 1992, pp. 43, 49-56.
- ^Alternation calling and spacing patterns in the field cricket Acanthogryllus fortipes (Orthoptera; Gryllidae). William H. Cade and Daniel Otte,Canadian Journal of Zoology,pp. 2916-2920
- ^Cade, W. H. 1975. Acoustically orienting parasitoids: Fly phonotaxis to cricket song.Science190: pp. 1312-1313.
- ^"Crickets on Mute: Hush falls as killer fly stalks singers".September 20, 2006.