The superorganism
the beauty elegance and strangeness of insect societies
The superorganism
the beauty elegance and strangeness of insect societies
Book - 2009
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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New York :
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c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The superorganism : |b the beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies / |c Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson ; line drawings by Margaret C. Nelson. |
| 246 | 1 | |i Cover title: |a Super-organism | |
| 250 | |a 1st ed. | ||
| 260 | |a New York : |b W.W. Norton, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a xxi, 522 p. : |b ill. (some col.) ; |c 27 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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