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The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies
Bert Holldobler, Edward O. Wilson
ISBN: 9780393067040
Format: Hardback
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Edition: illustrated edition
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Demonstrates that the study of the superorganism has led to various developments in our understanding of how the transitions between such levels have occurred in evolution and how life has progressed from simple to complex forms.
Based on remarkable research, eighteen years after the publication of "The Ants", this new volume expands our knowledge of social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps and termites). Superorganisms - tightly knit colonies of individuals, formed by altruistic co-operation, complex communication and division of labour - represent one of the basic stages of biological organisation, midway between the organism and the species. As the authors demonstrate, the study of the superorganism has led to important advances in our understanding of how the transitions between such levels have occurred in evolution and how life has progressed from simple to complex forms. Visually spectacular, "The Superorganism" provides a deep look into a part of the living world hitherto glimpsed by only a few.
| ISBN | 0393067041 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | ISBN13 | 9780393067040
(What's this?) | | Pages | 576 | | Publisher | WW Norton & Co | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | WW Norton & Co | | Weight (grammes) | 1668 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | New York | | Publication date | 08 Nov 2008 | | Height (mm) | 263 | | Illustrator | Nelson, Margaret C. | | Width (mm) | 215 | | Library of Congress | QL496 | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY | 595.71782 | | Academic level | Undergraduate |
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| Ch. 1 | | The Construction of a Superorganism | | 3 | | Ch. 2 | | Genetic Social Evolution | | 15 | | Ch. 3 | | Sociogenesis | | 51 | | Ch. 4 | | The Genetic Evolution of Decision Rules | | 69 | | Ch. 5 | | The Division of Labor | | 83 | | Ch. 6 | | Communication | | 167 | | Ch. 7 | | The Rise of the Ants | | 313 | | Ch. 8 | | Ponerine Ants: The Great Radiation | | 333 | | Ch. 9 | | The Attine Leafcutters: The Ultimate Superorganisms | | 407 | | Ch. 10 | | Nest Architecture and House Hunting | | 469 | | | | Glossary | | 505 | | | | Index | | 515 |
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