Title Statements
- Full title :The ants / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1990
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Springer-Verlag
- Place of Publication:Berlin
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1990
The Physical Object
- Description:xii,732 pages ,24 leaves of col.or plates : : illustrations (some col.or) ; : 29 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:3540520929, 9783540520924, 0674040759, 9780674040755
- oclc:ocm59905118
- LC Classification:QL568.F7
- Dewey Decimal:595.796
Table of 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 divisin 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 haravesting ants -- Weaver ants -- Collecting, culturing, observing.
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