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The leafcutter ants : civilization by instinct / Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson.
Van Pelt Library QL568.F7 H577 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hölldobler, Bert, 1936-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leaf-cutting ants.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton, [2011]
- Contents:
- The ultimate superorganisms
- The Attine breakthrough
- The ascent of the leafcutters
- The Atta caste system
- Harvesting vegetation
- Communication in Atta
- The ant-fungus mutualism
- Hygiene in the symbiosis
- Waste management
- Agropredators and agroparasites
- Leafcutter nests
- Trails and trunk routes.
- Notes:
- "Parts of this text have previously appeared in Chapter 9 of "The Superorganism" by Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [139]-154) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780393338683
- 0393338681
- OCLC:
- 601101166
- Publisher Number:
- 99940211128
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