The lives of ants /
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| Author / Creator: | Keller, Laurent, 1961- |
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| Uniform title: | Vie des fourmis. English |
| Imprint: | Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | xi, 252 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7703737 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Figure acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. An ecological success story
- Chapter 1. Anywhere and everywhere
- Chapter 2. On tastes and colours
- Chapter 3. The secrets of success
- Chapter 4. A huge impact on the environment
- Chapter 5. A long long story
- Part II. Social life
- Chapter 6. The birth of the colony
- Chapter 7. Division of labour
- Chapter 8. Let slip the ants of war
- Chapter 9. Flexible work arrangements
- Chapter 10. Communication systems
- Chapter 11. Family models
- Chapter 12. Parasites and slave-makers
- Part III. Nowt So Rum as Ants!
- Chapter 13. Army ants
- Chapter 14. We work at the weaver's trade
- Chapter 15. Navigators who never lose their way
- Chapter 16. Honeypots
- Part IV. Advantageous Liaisons
- Chapter 17. Colonies and their livestock
- Chapter 18. Ant trees
- Chapter 19. Attines and fungus getting on famously
- Part V. Bloody Pests!
- Chapter 20. Stand by for invaders!
- Chapter 21. Supercolonies
- Part VI. Kith and Kin
- Chapter 22. Genetic altruism and sociality
- Chapter 23. Family feuds
- Chapter 24. Nepotism or not?
- Chapter 25. Caste struggles
- Chapter 26. Anything goes
- Part VII. Sociogenetics
- Chapter 27. Genes and family structure
- Chapter 28. The genomics of behaviour
- Chapter 29. So what's so special about the genome of fire ants?
- Part VIII. High-tech Ants
- Chapter 30. Computer-modelling behaviour
- Chapter 31. Of ants and IT men
- Chapter 32. Swarm robotics
- Conclusion
- Further reading
- Species Index
- General Index
