The Ants
The Ants

Author: Bert Hölldobler

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 0674040759

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From the Arctic to South Africa - one finds them everywhere: Ants. Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system. Their caste system, the division of labor, the origin of altruistic behavior and the complex forms of chemical communication makes them the most interesting group of social organisms and the main subject for sociobiologists. Not least is their ecological importance: Ants are the premier soil turners, channelers of energy and dominatrices of the insect fauna. TOC:The importance of ants.- Classification and origins.- The colony life cycle.- Altruism and the origin of the worker caste.- Colony odor and kin recognition.- Queen numbers and domination.- Communication.- Caste and division of labor.- Social homeostasis and flexibility.- Foraging and territorial strategies.- The organization of species communities.- Symbioses among ant species.- Symbioses with other animals.- Interaction with plants.- The specialized predators.- The army ants.- The fungus growers.- The harvesters.- The weaver ants.- Collecting and culturing ants.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.

A Classified Index and Synopsis of the Animal Kingdom
A Classified Index and Synopsis of the Animal Kingdom

Author: Georges Cuvier

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-05-17

Total Pages: 459

ISBN-13: 1108049699

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The most influential work of French biologist and comparative anatomist Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), Le Règne Animal, was published in French in 1817, and this sixteen-volume illustrated English version appeared between 1827 and 1835.

Ants XIV
Ants XIV

Author: Steven Galbraith

Publisher:

Published: 2020-12-29

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781935107071

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The Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium (ANTS), held biennially since 1994, is the premier international forum for research in computational and algorithmic number theory. ANTS is devoted to algorithmic aspects of number theory, including elementary, algebraic, and analytic number theory, the geometry of numbers, arithmetic algebraic geometry, the theory of finite fields, and cryptography.This volume is the proceedings of the fourteenth ANTS meeting, which took place 29 June to 4 July 2020 via video conference, the plans for holding it at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, having been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The volume contains revised and edited versions of 24 refereed papers and one invited paper presented at the conference.

Army Ants
Army Ants

Author: Clint Twist

Publisher: Gareth Stevens

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780836863727

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First published: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.: ticktock Media Ltd., 2006.

Ants and Their Nests
Ants and Their Nests

Author: Linda Tagliaferro

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9780736823807

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Simple text and photographs describe ants and the nests in which they live.

Mutual Aid
Mutual Aid

Author: Peter Kropotkin

Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1605206644

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Oscar Wilde deemed his life "perfect," and described him as a man with "a soul of that beautiful white Christ which seems coming out of Russia." He is PETER ALEXEYEVICH KROPOTKIN (1842-1921), communist advocate and "anarchist prince." Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution, first published in 1902, is his best known book. Written as a series of essays for a British literary journal, this intriguing work filters concepts of evolution through Kropotkin's appreciation for altruism and anarchy, positing cooperation not merely as a beneficial political concept but as an approach that has been-and will continue to be-vital to the long-term survival of humanity. Kropotkin explores "mutual aid" among "animals," "savages," "barbarians," and in the medieval and modern world, and also discusses nesting associations, checks to overmultiplication, adaptations to avoid competition, the origin of the family, the origin of the guilds, and other related issues. Anyone interested in the science of evolution and its influence on the shape of human societies will find this a fascinated read.