The Ants

Autorentext
Bert Holldobler is now Foundation Professor of Biology at Arizona State University; formerly Chair of Behavioral Physiology and Sociology at the Theodor Boveri Institute, University of Wurzburg. He is also the recipient of the U.S. Senior Scientist Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German government. Until 1990, he was the Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology at Harvard University. Edward O. Wilson is Pellegrino University Professor, Emeritus, at Harvard University. In addition to two Pulitzer Prizes (one of which he shares with Bert Holldobler), Wilson has won many scientific awards, including the National Medal of Science and the Crafoord Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Klappentext
This book talks about the ants and their habitats and where they came from and arrived.

Zusammenfassung
This landmark work is a thoroughgoing survey of one of the largest and most diverse groups of animals on the planet. Hölldobler and Wilson review in exhaustive detail virtually all topics in the anatomy, physiology, social organization, ecology, and natural history of the ants.

Inhalt
1. The Importance of Ants 2. Classification and Origins 3. The Colony Life Cycle 4. Altruism and the Origin of the Worker Caste 5. Colony Odor and Kin Recognition 6. Queen Numbers and Domination 7. Communication 8. Caste and Division of Labor 9. Social Homeostasis and Flexibility 10. Foraging Strategies, Territory, and Population Regulation 11. The Organization of Species Communities 12. Symbioses among Ant Species 13. Symbioses with Other Arthropods 14. Symbioses between Ants and Plants 15. The Specialized Predators 16.The Army Ants 17. The Fungus Growers 18. The Harvesting Ants 19. Weaver Ants 20. Collecting, Culturing, Observing Glossary Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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