Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions
Title:
Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions
Author:
Moffett, Mark W.
ISBN:
9780520261990
Publication Information:
Berkeley [etc.] : University of California Press, 2010
Physical Description:
280 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Strength in numbers -- The perfect swarm -- Division of labor -- Infrastructure -- Group transport -- Big game hunters -- Clash of the titans -- Notes from underground -- Canopy empires -- Fortified forests -- Negotiating the physical world -- Slaves of Sagehen Creek -- Abduction in the afternoon -- A fungus farmer's life -- The origins of agriculture -- Armies of the earth -- The immortal society.
Subject:
Ants -- Behavior |
Ant communities |
Ants -- Ecology |