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1 online resource (319 entries) : 502 images |
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A -- Acorn ants -- Acropyga -- Cross-references -- References -- Aculeate hymenoptera: phylogeny and classification -- Introduction -- The basis of phylogenetic analysis -- Phylogeny of the aculeata -- Relevance of phylogeny to the evolution of eusociality in aculeata -- How phylogenetic analysis informs classification -- Classification of the aculeata -- Cross-references -- References -- African honey bees -- References -- Aging in social insects -- What Is aging? -- Why Is aging special in social insects? -- Ultimate aspects of aging -- General proximate mechanisms of aging -- Empirical data on aging in social insects -- Ultimate factors explaining aging in social insects -- Proximate mechanisms underlying aging in social insects -- Conclusion -- Cross-references -- References -- Allodapine bees -- Nesting biology -- Social evolution -- Reproductive castes -- Sex allocation -- Social parasitism -- References -- Allomones in social insects -- Cross-references -- References -- Altruism -- Ambrosia beetle -- Aneuretus simoni -- Physical features -- Life history -- Distribution and habitats -- Ecology -- Exocrine system, chemical communication, and social behavior -- Conservation status -- DNA barcode of the species -- References -- Ant gardens -- Initiation of an ant garden -- Identity of the ant and plant partners -- Shared benefits -- Other "gardens" associated with ants -- Cross-reference -- References -- Ant mimics -- Ant mosaics -- References -- Ant plants: macaranga -- Associations of macaranga species with ants: from facultative to obligate -- Myrmecophytism: obligate associations with specific ants and other partners -- Development and stability of ant-plant associations -- References -- Ant-aphid interactions -- Ant-hemiptera associations -- Introduction -- When is it mutualism? -- Cryptic herbivory and ant evolution -- Consequences for plants -- Consequences for the community -- References -- Ant-hemipteran mutualism -- anthorrhiza -- Ant-like spiders -- Ant-plants: epiphytic rubiaceae -- Introduction -- How do these symbioses form and re-establish? -- The Fijian farming symbiosis -- Nutrition and defense in ant/hydnophytinae symbioses -- Hydnophytinae as a model for the evolution of mutualisms -- Cross-references -- References -- Ants: phylogeny and classification -- Ants within the hymenoptera tree of life -- Phylogeny of the extant ants -- Overview of ant subfamilies -- Agroecomyrmecinae -- Amblyoponinae -- Aneuretinae -- Apomyrminae -- Rownimeciinae -- Dolichoderinae -- Dorylinae -- Ectatomminae -- Ormiciinae -- Formicinae -- Heteroponerinae -- Leptanillinae -- Martialinae -- Myrmeciinae -- Myrmicinae -- Paraponerinae -- Ponerinae -- Proceratiinae -- Pseudomyrmecinae -- phecomyrminae -- Fossil record and timeline of early ant evolution |
| Summary |
A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Title page of print version |
| Subject |
Insect societies -- Encyclopedias
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Animal ecology.
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Conservation biology.
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Entomology.
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Invertebrates.
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Ecology.
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Animal ecology.
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Conservation biology.
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Ecology.
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Entomology.
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Insect societies.
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Invertebrates.
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| Genre/Form |
Encyclopedias
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Encyclopedias.
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Encyclopedias.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Starr, Christopher K., 1949- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781803161297 |
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1803161299 |
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