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Army Ant Life And Behavior Under Dry Season Conditions Parts 3 And 4
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Book Synopsis Army-ant Life and Behavior Under Dry-season Conditions [parts 3 and 4] by : Theodore Christian Schneirla
Download or read book Army-ant Life and Behavior Under Dry-season Conditions [parts 3 and 4] written by Theodore Christian Schneirla and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Army-ant Life and Behavior Under Dry-season Conditions by : Theodore Christian Schneirla
Download or read book Army-ant Life and Behavior Under Dry-season Conditions written by Theodore Christian Schneirla and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Army Ants by : Daniel J. C. Kronauer
Download or read book Army Ants written by Daniel J. C. Kronauer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated, captivating study of army ants, nature’s preeminent social hunters. A swarm raid is one of nature’s great spectacles. In tropical rainforests around the world, army ants march in groups by the thousands to overwhelm large solitary invertebrates, along with nests of termites, wasps, and other ants. They kill and dismember their prey and carry it back to their nest, where their hungry brood devours it. They are the ultimate social hunters, demonstrating the most fascinating collective behavior. In Army Ants we see how these insects play a crucial role in promoting and sustaining the biodiversity of tropical ecosystems. The ants help keep prey communities in check while also providing nutrition for other animals. Many species depend on army ants for survival, including a multitude of social parasites, swarm-following birds, and flies. And while their hunting behavior, and the rules that govern it, are clearly impressive, army ants display collective behavior in other ways that are no less dazzling. They build living nests, called bivouacs, using their bodies to protect the queen and larvae. The ants can even construct bridges over open space or obstacles by linking to one another using their feet. These incredible feats happen without central coordination. They are the result of local interactions—self-organization that benefits the society at large. Through observations, stories, and stunning images, Daniel Kronauer brings these fascinating creatures to life. Army ants may be small, but their collective intelligence and impact on their environment are anything but.
Download or read book The Ants written by Bert Hölldobler and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Production Ecology of Ants and Termites by : Michael Vaughan Brian
Download or read book Production Ecology of Ants and Termites written by Michael Vaughan Brian and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study concentrates on the production ecology of ants and termites. Ants and termites are highly socialised and their groupings in their most developed form enable them to function as large organisms comparable with the larger mammals in their influence in ecosystems.
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Book Synopsis Antbirds and Ovenbirds by : Alexander F. Skutch
Download or read book Antbirds and Ovenbirds written by Alexander F. Skutch and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-07-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western Books Exhibition, Rounce and Coffin Club Antbirds and ovenbirds, two of the five largest families of birds found only in the Western Hemisphere, have been among Alexander Skutch's favorites for more than six decades. In this book, he draws on years of observations to describe the life cycle of these fascinating birds, which inhabit Latin America from tropical Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. Skutch covers all aspects of the birds' lives, including the various species in each family, food and foraging, daily life, voice, displays and courtship, nests and incubation, and parental care. He also recounts anecdotes from his own experiences, creating vivid pictures of antbirds foraging for the insects Skutch stirs up on walks through the rainforest and of ovenbirds repairing the observation holes that he opens in their elaborate nests. As some of tropical America's least studied birds, antbirds and ovenbirds surely merit the extensive treatment given them here by one of our most distinguished senior ornithologists. Over fifty line drawings by noted bird artist Dana Gardner make this book a delight for both armchair and field naturalists.
Book Synopsis Foundations of Animal Behavior by : Lynne D. Houck
Download or read book Foundations of Animal Behavior written by Lynne D. Houck and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-08 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Darwin's work in the 1870s, Foundations of Animal Behavior selects the most important works from the discipline's first hundred years—forty-four classic papers—and presents them in facsimile, tracing the development of the field. These papers are classics because they either founded a line of investigation, established a basic method, or provided a new approach to an important research question. The papers are divided into six sections, each introduced by prominent researchers. Sections one and two cover the origins and history of the field and the emergence of basic methods and approaches. They provide a background for sections three through six, which focus on development and learning; neural and hormonal mechanisms of behavior; sensory processes, orientation, and communication; and the evolution of behavior. This outstanding collection will serve as the basis for undergraduate and graduate seminars and as a reference for researchers in animal behavior, whether they focus on ethology, behavioral ecology, comparative psychology, or anthropology. Published in association with the Animal Behavior Society
Book Synopsis The Physiology of Insect Reproduction by : Franz Engelmann
Download or read book The Physiology of Insect Reproduction written by Franz Engelmann and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Physiology of Insect Reproduction provides a comprehensive coverage of insect reproductive system. The title details basic phenomena governing reproductive processes in insects, with the whole spectrum of an insect reproductive cycle. The text first covers insect genitalia, and proceeds to discussing sex determination. Next, the selection talks about the development of unfertilized eggs in insects. The text also deals with gonadal development, along with insect mating behavior. Chapter 7 details the factors that affect egg production and fecundity, while Chapter 8 tackles hormonal control of egg maturation. The ninth chapter covers endocrine influence on reproduction in the male insect. The next chapters discuss oviposition, heterogony, and viviparity. The last two chapters deal with functional hermaphroditism and insect societies, respectively. The book will be of great use to students and researchers in the field of entomology.
Book Synopsis Size and Cycle by : John Tyler Bonner
Download or read book Size and Cycle written by John Tyler Bonner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of life cycles and individual size in organisms, and of the relationships between the two, and of their conjoint role in evolution. Originally published in 1965. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Book Synopsis International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology by :
Download or read book International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Biological Abstracts by : Jacob Richard Schramm
Download or read book Biological Abstracts written by Jacob Richard Schramm and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 748 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The University of Kansas Science Bulletin by : University of Kansas
Download or read book The University of Kansas Science Bulletin written by University of Kansas and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Comparative Morphological Studies of the Ants by : Alexander Perkins Spence
Download or read book Comparative Morphological Studies of the Ants written by Alexander Perkins Spence and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hymenoptera reprints: Bradley collection by :
Download or read book Hymenoptera reprints: Bradley collection written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dictionary Catalog of the Department Library by : United States. Department of the Interior. Library
Download or read book Dictionary Catalog of the Department Library written by United States. Department of the Interior. Library and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Philippine Journal of Science by :
Download or read book The Philippine Journal of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memorial number was issued with v.7.