The superorganism

the beauty elegance and strangeness of insect societies

The superorganism

the beauty elegance and strangeness of insect societies
Bert Hölldobler and Edward O Wilson ; line drawings by Margaret C Nelson
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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37413311173076 متاح Non-fiction 595.7178 HOLLDOB
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Hölldobler, Bert, 1936-
مؤلفون آخرون: Wilson, Edward O.
التنسيق: كتاب
اللغة:English
منشور في: New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
الطبعة:1st ed.
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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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