Edition |
1st ed |
Description |
xxi, 522 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Contents |
1. The construction of the superorganism -- 2. Genetic social evolution -- 3. Sociogenesis -- 4. The genetic evolution of decision rules -- 5. The division of labor -- 6. Communication -- 7. The rise of the ants -- 8. Ponerine ants : the great r |
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 th |
Subject |
Insect societies
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Added Author |
Wilson, Edward O
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Added Title |
Super-organism : the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies |
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Beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies |
ISBN |
0393067041 |
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9780393067040 (hardcover) |
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