The Ant Collective : Inside the World of an Ant Colony.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schieb, Armin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ants--Behavior--Eurasia.

Ants.

Wood ant--Eurasia.

Wood ant.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2024.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Ant Collective".

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Red wood ants

1.1 Anatomy of a worker

1.2 Sex and caste

1.3 Circulation and respiration

1.4 Nervous and digestive systems

1.5 Glands

1.6 Sex and caste anatomy

Nest establishment

2.1 Mating season

2.2 Nuptial flight

2.3 Mating and search for a nest

2.4 Nest establishment

Nest construction

3.1 Construction materials

3.2 Nest architecture

3.3 Annual cycle | Spring

3.4 Summer

3.5 Autumn

3.6 Winter

The explorer

4.1 Forest exploration

4.2 Ants' enemies

4.3 Foraging

4.4 Visual orientation

4.5 Celestial orientation

4.6 Return to the nest

Birth of a trail

5.1 Recruiting help

5.2 Birth of an ant trail

Food

6.1 Aphid colony

6.2 Enemies and competitors

6.3 Plant food

6.4 Animal food

6.5 Food sharing

6.6 Waste elimination

Work division

7.1 Origin of sex and caste

7.2 The life of a reproductive individual

7.3 The life of a worker

Nest change

8.1 The attack

8.2 Defense of the nest

8.3 Exploration of the surroundings

8.4 A new nest

8.5 Colony relocation

The author

Copyright.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780691255934

0691255938

OCLC:

1419063870