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" The ants / "
Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson.
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BL
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584199
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b413418
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| Main Entry
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Hölldobler, Bert,1936-
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The ants /\ Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson.
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,, 1990.
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xii, 732 p., [24] p. of plates :: ill. (some col.) ;; 32 cm.
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0674040759 (alk. paper)
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: 9780674040755 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 645-709) and index.
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| Contents
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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 division 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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Reviews in detail all topics in the anatomy, physiology, social organization, ecology, and natural history of ants.
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Ants.
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QL568.F7H57 1990
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Wilson, Edward O.
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