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" Bees as Superorganisms : "
by Robin F.A. Moritz, Edward E. Southwick.
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BL
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754614
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b574576
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by Robin F.A. Moritz, Edward E. Southwick.
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Bees as Superorganisms : : an Evolutionary Reality\ by Robin F.A. Moritz, Edward E. Southwick.
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Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1992
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(xvi, 395 pages 76 illustrations)
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3642846661
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: 9783642846663
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1 What Is a Superorganism? --; 1.1 From Cells to Metazoan Organisms --; 1.2 What Makes a Social Group a Superorganism? --; 1.3 Diversity of Superorganisms --; 1.4 What Not to Expect from Superorganisms --; 2 Evolution of Superorganisms --; 2.1 From Solitary Individuals to Superorganisms: The Theories --; 2.2 From Solitary Individuals to Superorganisms: The Evidence --; 3 Physiology --; 3.1 Development --; 3.2 Glands and Secretions --; 3.3 Feeding and Digestion --; 3.4 Respiration --; 3.5 Circulation --; 3.6 Colonial Excretion and Water Balance --; 3.7 Metabolic Physiology --; 3.8 Neurophysiology --; 3.9 Muscle Function --; 3.10 Circadian Rhythms and Sleep --; 4 Communication Network of the Superorganism --; 4.1 The Analysis of Communication Networks --; 4.2 Division of Labour --; 4.3 Food Procurement and Temperature Regulation --; 4.4 Search for Housing --; 4.5 Pheromones --; 4.6 Learning --; 4.7 Social Intelligence and Network Analysis --; 5 Ecology --; 5.1 Demography of Natural Populations --; 5.2 Community Structure --; 5.3 Superorganism Size --; 5.4 Ecological Impact of Superorganismic Honeybees --; 6 Reproduction --; 6.1 Individual Reproduction --; 6.2 Colonial Reproduction --; 7 Genetics --; 7.1 Gene Expression vs Genotype Expression --; 7.2 Genetic Basis of Honeybees --; 7.3 Genetic Variation in Honeybee Colonies --; 7.4 Quantitative Genetics --; 7.5 Behavioural Genetics --; 7.6 Population Genetics --; 8 Natural Selection --; 8.1 Selection at the Individual Level --; 8.2 Kin Selection --; 8.3 Selection on Phenotypes of Superorganisms --; 8.4 Africanized Honeybees: A Large-Scale Evolutionary Experiment --; 8.5 Selection in Superorganisms: Too Complex to Study? --; References.
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| Abstract
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There are plenty of books on the biology of the honeybee for all, the scientist, the beekeeper, and the layman. This one sticks out, since it is abook not on "the honeybee", but on the honeybee colony - probably the most significant biological structure in nature. Accordingly, this book is not intended as a reference book on honeybee biology, but is meant as a new conceptual framework of an "old" biological understanding of the honeybee colony on the basis of modern biological analysis and recent theories. The honeybee is presented as it lives and thrives in its social unit - the colonial superorganism.
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Ecology.
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Life sciences.
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Neurosciences.
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QL568.A6B976 1992
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Edward E Southwick
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Robin F A Moritz
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