| Description |
xii, 732 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm |
| Contents |
The importance of ants -- Classification and origins -- The colony life cycle -- Altruism and the origin of the worker caste -- Colony odor and kin recognition -- Queen numbers and domination -- Communication -- Caste and division of labor -- Social homeostasis and flexibility -- Foraging strategis, territory, and population regulation -- The organization of species communities -- Symbioses among ant species -- Symbioses with other arthropods -- Symbioses between ants and plants -- The specialized predators -- The army ants -- The fungus growers -- The harvesting ants -- Weaver ants --Collecting, culturing, observing |
| Summary |
Reviews in detail all topics in the anatomy, physiology, social organization, ecology, and natural history of ants |
| Analysis |
Ants |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-709) and index |
| Notes |
Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1991 |
| SUBJECT |
ANTS (Symposium : Algorithmic number theory) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94099778
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| Subject |
Ants.
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Ants.
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Insect societies.
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Ants.
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Ants.
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| Author |
Wilson, Edward O.
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| LC no. |
89030653 |
| ISBN |
0674040759 alkaline paper |
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9780674040755 alkaline paper |
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