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The superorganism : the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies
Title:
The superorganism : the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies
Author:
Hölldobler, Bert, 1936-
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Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton, 2009.
Physical Description:
xxi, 522 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Summary:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect societies thrive in systems of altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and labor division.
Language:
English
Contents:
The construction of a superorganism -- Genetic social evolution -- Sociogenesis -- The genetic evolution of decision rules -- The division of labor -- Communication -- The rise of the ants -- Ponerine ants : the great radiation -- The attine leafcutters : the ultimate superorganisms -- Nest architecture and house hunting.
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ISBN:
9780393067040
Format :
Book