The Lives of Ants
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"The Lives of Ants"combines natural history with molecular biology, genetics, andeven the latest developments in robotics, to explore the intricately organized societies of ants, revealing the secret of the huge ecological success of these remarkable...
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"The Lives of Ants"combines natural history with molecular biology, genetics, andeven the latest developments in robotics, to explore the intricately organized societies of ants, revealing the secret of the huge ecological success of these remarkable creatures, and how they cooperate, communicate, exploit other animals and even go to war.
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General readers interested in natural history, particular entomology; readers of popular science; students and researchers in related fields in zoology.
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Introduction; AN ECOLOGICAL SUCCESS STORY; 1. Anywhere and everywhere; 2. On tastes and colours; 3. The secrets of success; 4. A huge impact on the environment; 5. A long long story; SOCIAL LIFE; 6. The birth of the colony; 7. Division of labour; 8. Let slip the ants of war; 9. Flexible work arrangements; 10. Communication systems; 11. Family models; 12. Parasites and slave-makers; NOWT SO RUM AS ANTS!; 13. Army ants; 14. We work at the weaver's trade; 15. Navigators who never lose their way; 16. Honeypots; ADVANTAGEOUS LIAISONS; 17. Colonies and their livestock; 18. Ant trees; 19. Attines and mushrooms getting on famously; BLOODY PESTS!; 20. Stand by for invaders!; 21. Supercolonies; KITH AND KIN; 22. Genetic altruism and sociality; 23. Family feuds; 24. Nepotism or not?; 25. Caste struggles; 26. Anything goes; SOCIOGENETICS; 27. Genes and family structure; 28. The genomics of behaviour; 29. So what's so special about the genome of fire ants?; HIGH-TECH ANTS; 30. Computer modelling behaviour; 31. Of ants and IT men; 32. Swarm robotics; Conclusion; Further reading
Autoren-Porträt von Laurent Keller, Elisabeth Gordon
Laurent Keller is Professor of Ecology and Evolution, and Head of the Department of Ecology and Evolution, at the University of Lausanne. As well as numerous research papers, he has edited the books 'Queen Number and Sociality in Insects' ((1993) and 'Levels of Selection in Evolution' (1999). In 2005 he was awarded the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award
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- Autoren: Laurent Keller , Elisabeth Gordon
- 2009, 252 Seiten, 8 farbige Abbildungen, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 14,5 x 21,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Übersetzer: James Grieve
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199541868
- ISBN-13: 9780199541867
Sprache:
Englisch
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