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Encyclopedia of Social Insects / Christopher K. Starr, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Springer reference
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Insect societies--Encyclopedias.
- Insect societies.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
- Edition:
- 2021 edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Editor
- List of Advisory Panel
- Contributors
- A
- Acorn Ants
- Acropyga
- Cross-References
- References
- Aculeate Hymenoptera: Phylogeny and Classification
- Introduction
- The Basis of Phylogenetic Analysis
- Phylogeny of the Aculeata
- Relevance of Phylogeny to the Evolution of Eusociality in Aculeata
- How Phylogenetic Analysis informs Classification
- Classification of the Aculeata
- African Honey Bees
- Aging in Social Insects
- What Is Aging?
- Why Is Aging Special in Social Insects?
- Ultimate Aspects of Aging
- General Proximate Mechanisms of Aging
- Empirical Data on Aging in Social Insects
- Ultimate Factors Explaining Aging in Social Insects
- Proximate Mechanisms Underlying Aging in Social Insects
- Conclusion
- Allodapine Bees
- Nesting Biology
- Social Evolution
- Reproductive Castes
- Sex Allocation
- Social Parasitism
- Allomones in Social Insects
- Altruism
- Ambrosia Beetle
- Aneuretus simoni
- Physical Features
- Life History
- Distribution and Habitats
- Ecology
- Exocrine System, Chemical Communication, and Social Behavior
- Conservation Status
- DNA Barcode of the Species
- Ant Gardens
- Initiation of an Ant Garden
- Identity of the Ant and Plant Partners
- Shared Benefits
- Other ``Gardens ́́Associated with Ants
- Cross-Reference
- Ant Mimics
- Ant Mosaics
- Ant Plants: Macaranga
- Associations of Macaranga Species with Ants: From Facultative to Obligate
- Myrmecophytism: Obligate Associations with Specific Ants and Other Partners
- Development and Stability of Ant-Plant Associations
- Ant-Aphid Interactions
- Ant-Hemiptera Associations
- When Is it Mutualism?
- Cryptic Herbivory and Ant Evolution
- Consequences for Plants
- Consequences for the Community
- Ant-Hemipteran Mutualism
- Anthorrhiza
- Ant-Like Spiders
- Ant-Plants: Epiphytic Rubiaceae
- How Do These Symbioses Form and Re-establish?
- The Fijian Farming Symbiosis
- Nutrition and Defense in Ant/Hydnophytinae Symbioses
- Hydnophytinae as a Model for the Evolution of Mutualisms
- Cross-References
- Ants: Phylogeny and Classification
- Ants Within the Hymenoptera Tree of Life
- Phylogeny of the Extant Ants
- Overview of Ant Subfamilies
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- Heteroponerinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- Fossil Record and Timeline of Early Ant Evolution
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 10, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9783030281021
- 3030281027
- Publisher Number:
- 99986815382
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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