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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:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780691255934
- 0691255938
- OCLC:
- 1419063870
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