The superorganism : the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies / Bert H�olldobler and Edward O. Wilson ; line drawings by Margaret C. Nelson.

By: H�olldobler, BertContributor(s): Wilson, Edward OPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2009Edition: 1st edDescription: xxi, 522 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN: 9780393067040 (hardcover); 0393067041 (hardcover)Other title: Super-organismSubject(s): Insect societiesDDC classification: 595.71782 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
construction of a superorganism -- Genetic social evolution -- Sociogenesis -- genetic evolution of decision rules -- Communication -- rise of the ants -- Ponerine ants : the great radiation -- attine leafcutters : the ultimate superorganisms -- Nest architecture and house hunting.
Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect societies thrive in systems of altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and labor division.
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The construction of a superorganism -- Genetic social evolution -- Sociogenesis -- The genetic evolution of decision rules -- The division of labor -- Communication -- The rise of the ants -- Ponerine ants : the great radiation -- The attine leafcutters : the ultimate superorganisms -- Nest architecture and house hunting.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect societies thrive in systems of altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and labor division.

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