| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 291 pages) : illustrations |
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Garland reference library of social science ; vol. 1082. Research in developmental and comparative psychology ; vol. 2 |
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Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1082.
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Garland reference library of social science. Research in developmental and comparative psychology ; vol. 2.
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| Contents |
The role of controversy in animal behavior / Adrian Wenner -- Grades, levels, and ratchets in evolution / Niles Eldredge -- Where have I heard it all before. Some neglected issues of invertebrate learning / Charles I. Abramson -- Macroevolution of a fixed action pattern for learning. The exploration flights of bees and wasps / Rudolf Jander -- Desert ants. Their evolution and contemporary characteristics / G.M. Dlussky -- Task allocation and interaction rates in social insect colonies / Deborah M. Gordon -- Division of labor in social insect colonies. Self-organization and recent revelations regarding age, size and genetic differences / Robin J. Stuart -- Ecology, colony demography, and social organization in ants / James F.A. Traniello -- Adaptations for social parasitism in the slave-making ant genus Polyergus / Howard Topoff -- The role of workers and queens in the colony- member recognition systems of ants. Are there any differences that predispose some kinds of ants to social parasitism? / Thomas M. Alloway -- The problem of measuring associative learning in Drosophila melanogaster with proper procedures to control for nonassociative effects / Michael G. Terry, Jerry Hirsch -- Pseudostinging behavior of the harvester ant Messor sanctus forel as a response to novelty / Ewa J. Godzińska, Anna Szczuka, Julita Korczyńska |
| Summary |
First published in 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Insects -- Behavior.
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Insect societies.
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Animal behavior.
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Insects.
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Behavior, Animal
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Insecta
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Insecta (class)
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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Insects
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Animal behavior
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Insect societies
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Insects -- Behavior
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Insekten
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Verhalten
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Verhaltensforschung
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Greenberg, Gary
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Tobach, Ethel, 1921-2015.
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| ISBN |
9781135604943 |
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1135604940 |
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9781315050478 |
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1315050471 |
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