The Ergonomics of Caste in the Social Insects
Author: Edward O. Wilson
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 26
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The Ergonomics of Caste in the Social Insects
Author: E O Wilson
Publisher: Andesite Press
Published: 2015-08-12
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781298821010
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The Ergonomics of Caste in the Social Insects
Author: E O Wilson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2022-10-27
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781016230865
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Caste Differentiation in Social Insects
Author: J. A. L. Watson
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2014-04-24
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1483286185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn more detail than has previously been available, this book comprehensively covers all the various mechanisms of caste differentiation in social insects. For the first time the most recent information regarding mechanisms of caste differentiation in higher termites has been compiled in a well illustrated volume, together with comparative discussion of the whole range of social insects, including bees, ants and wasps.
Caste and Ecology in the Social Insects. (MPB-12), Volume 12
Author: George F. Oster
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2020-03-31
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 0691209324
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this pathbreaking and far-reaching work George Oster and Edward Wilson provide the first fully developed theory of caste evolution among the social insects. Furthermore, in studying the effects of natural selection in generally increasing the insects' ergonomic efficiency, they go beyond the concentration of previous researchers on the physiological mechanisms of the insects and turn our attention instead to the scale and efficiency of the insects' division of labor. Recognizing that the efficiency of the insect colony is based on a complex fitting of the division of labor to many simultaneous needs, including those imposed by the distribution of resources and enemies around the nest, Professors Oster and Wilson are able to construct a series of mathematical models to characterize the agents of natural selection that promote particular caste systems. The social insects play a key role in the subject of sociobiology because their social organization is so rigid and can be related to genetic evolution. Because of this important consideration, the authors' work has consequences not only for entomology but also for general evolutionary theory.
Caste Differentiation In Social Insects Current Themes In Tropical Science
Author: Watson J A L.
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Published: 1978
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Biology Of Social Insects
Author: Michael D. Breed
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2019-06-25
Total Pages: 441
ISBN-13: 1000314898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book internationally known experts provide a comprehensive view of current knowledge of social insect biology including much previously unpublished information. Particular emphasis is given to the relationships between social insects and humans; sections are devoted to economically important social insects, pollination, foraging, and the role of insects in ecosystems and agroecosystems. The authors also discuss communication, behavior and caste within insect colonies. A special section focuses on the neurobiology of social insects. A series of papers considers the presocial insects, which live in family groups but without caste differences. Also well represented are the fields of sociobiology and the origins and evolution of social behavior. The book will be valuable to agricultural scientists as well as to entomologists, sociobiologists, ecologists, ethologists, and natural historians. Endocrinologists and neurobiologists will also find important new material.
Social Insects V4
Author: Henry Hermani
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2012-12-02
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0323152163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial Insects, Volume IV is the last installment of a four-volume treatise and is dedicated to the discussion on wasps and ants. Comprised of four chapters, this volume focuses on the sociality of various types of ants as their group has very diverse habits. The first chapter describes the general biology and behavior of social wasps and discusses the cyclical populations, nest associates, and communal defense of wasps. Chapter 2 introduces the broad and general overview of the biology of ants, including their behavior, food collection, and nest construction. Chapters 3 and 4 present the biology of army and fungus ants, respectively. This volume also explains how ants are defined and identified, including their colony composition and behavior. As with the previous volumes, this volume seeks to be of service to students, researchers, and scientists in various fields of research, particularly entomology, social biology, zoology, and biological science.
The Superorganism
Author: Bert Holldobler
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780393067040
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of "The Ants" render the extraordinary lives of the social insects--ants, bees, wasps, and termites--in this visually spectacular volume. 110 color and 100 black-and-white illustrations.
Sociobiology
Author: Edward O. Wilson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 712
ISBN-13: 0674002350
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen this work was first published it started a tumultuous round in the age-old nature versus nurture debate. It shows how research in human genetics and neuroscience has strengthened the case for biological understanding of human nature.
