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The leafcutter ants : civilization by instinct
- Title
- The leafcutter ants : civilization by instinct / Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson.
- Author
- Holldobler, Bert, 1936-
- Publication
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2011.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wilson, Edward O.
- Description
- xii, 160 p. : ill. (some col.); 21 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- "Parts of this text have previously appeared in Chapter 9 of "The Superorganism" by Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-154) and index.
- Contents
- The ultimate superorganisms -- The Attine breakthrough -- The ascent of the leafcutters -- The Atta caste system -- Harvesting vegetation -- Communication in Atta -- The ant-fungus mutualism -- Hygiene in the symbiosis -- Waste management -- Agropredators and agroparasites -- Leafcutter nests -- Trails and trunk routes.
- Call Number
- JSD 13-161
- ISBN
- 9780393338683 (pbk.)
- 0393338681 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2010016202
- OCLC
- 601101166
- Author
- Holldobler, Bert, 1936-
- Title
- The leafcutter ants : civilization by instinct / Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : W.W. Norton, c2011.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-154) and index.
- Added Author
- Wilson, Edward O.
- Research Call Number
- JSD 13-161