Nourishment and evolution in insect societies /
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| Imprint: | Boulder : Westview Press ; New Delhi : Oxford & IBH Pub. Co., 1994. |
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| Description: | xii, 449 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in insect biology Westview studies in insect biology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1628465 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- About the Editors and Contributors
- 1. Nourishment, Evolution and Insect Sociality
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- 2. Nourishment and the Evolution of Paternal Investment in Subsocial Arthropods
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 3. Nourishment and the Origin of Termite Eusociality
- Acknowledgments
- References
- 4. Nutrition and Evolution in Fungus-Growing Termites
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 5. Soil-Feeding and Gut Morphology in Higher Termites
- References
- 6. Food Resources, Colony Growth and Caste Development in Wood-Feeding Termites
- References
- 7. Nourishment and Social Evolution in Wasps Sensu Lato
- Acknowledgentents
- References
- 8. Nourishment in Ants: Patterns in Individuals and Societies
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 9. Ants as Primary Consumers: Diet and Abundance in the Formicidae
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 10. Nourishment and Evolution in Fungus-Growing Ants and Their Fungi
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- 11. Nutrient Transfer and Reproduction in Primitively Social Bees
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 12. Nourishment and Sociality in Honeybees
- References
- 13. Intranidal Feeding, Trophallaxis, and Sociality in Stingless Bees
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Author Index
- Index to Genera and Species
- Subject Index
- About the Book
