Nesting Behavior Migration And Dispersal Of Neotropical Army Ants Hymenoptera Formicidae

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Nesting Behavior, Migration, and Dispersal of Neotropical Army Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae

Author : Thomas Warren Soare
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 117 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Nesting Behavior, Migration, and Dispersal of Neotropical Army Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae written by Thomas Warren Soare and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Army ants, keystone predators in tropical forests, collectively hunt prey and are obligately nomadic. Despite a wide geographic and elevational range, the army ant Eciton burchellii is sensitive to environmental extremes and avoids entering deforested areas. Bivouac (nest) sites at high elevation were found to be more frequently located in sheltered locations than at low elevations (Chapter 1). High elevation bivouac sites provide abiotic buffering to E. burchellii colonies, though the effect declines at the highest elevations. The combination of forest clearing and high elevations may restrict army ant dispersal in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Restricted dispersal may lead to reduced gene flow, which threatens populations with inbreeding depression and local extinction. We compared individual-based pairwise relatedness estimates of reconstructed queen and male genotypes to resistance distances based on land cover and elevation (Chapter 2). Land cover (deforestation), but not high elevation, was found to inhibit dispersal in army ants in Monteverde. Though significant spatial genetic structure was found in males but not queens, dispersal may be weakly male-biased. A temporal replication revealed no spatial pattern of relatedness over time (Chapter 3). This suggests that cumulative colony emigrations over the lifetime of the queen (before reproduction) may contribute to gene flow in this species. Thus forested habitat corridors should be maintained among fragments to allow for E. burchellii colony movements and subsequent gene dispersal. Army ants exhibit top-down effects on prey species and support a wide range of associates from mites to birds. Promoting army ant population persistence will maintain this biodiversity in tropical ecosystems.

Army Ants

Author : Daniel J. C. Kronauer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674249399
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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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.

Ants

Author : William Morton Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ants written by William Morton Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in English, this is the definitive account of the practice of sexual slavery the Japanese military perpetrated during World War II by the researcher principally responsible for exposing the Japanese government's responsibility for these atrocities. The large scale imprisonment and rape of thousands of women, who were euphemistically called "comfort women" by the Japanese military, first seized public attention in 1991 when three Korean women filed suit in a Toyko District Court stating that they had been forced into sexual servitude and demanding compensation. Since then the comfort stations and their significance have been the subject of ongoing debate and intense activism in Japan, much if it inspired by Yoshimi's investigations. How large a role did the military, and by extension the government, play in setting up and administering these camps? What type of compensation, if any, are the victimized women due? These issues figure prominently in the current Japanese focus on public memory and arguments about the teaching and writing of history and are central to efforts to transform Japanese ways of remembering the war. Yoshimi Yoshiaki provides a wealth of documentation and testimony to prove the existence of some 2,000 centers where as many as 200,000 Korean, Filipina, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Burmese, Dutch, Australian, and some Japanese women were restrained for months and forced to engage in sexual activity with Japanese military personnel. Many of the women were teenagers, some as young as fourteen. To date, the Japanese government has neither admitted responsibility for creating the comfort station system nor given compensation directly to former comfort women. This English edition updates the Japanese edition originally published in 1995 and includes introductions by both the author and the translator placing the story in context for American readers.

A Study of Army Ant Life and Behavior Under Dry Season Conditions with Special Reference to Reproductive Functions

Author : Theodore Christian Schneirla
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258470494
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A Study of Army Ant Life and Behavior Under Dry Season Conditions with Special Reference to Reproductive Functions written by Theodore Christian Schneirla and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Museum Novitates, No. 1336, February 24, 1947.

Army Ants

Author : Daniel J. C. Kronauer
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ISBN 13 : 9780674249417
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Army Ants written by Daniel J. C. Kronauer and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Army ants are the ultimate social hunters. They are preeminent arthropod predators in tropical rainforests around the world, and their nomadic colonies are the largest among the insect societies. Their troops collectively overwhelm the nests of termites, wasps, and other ants, and kill, dismember, and devour animals that are orders of magnitude larger than the individual army ant. Their massive swarm raids truly are one of nature's greatest spectacles. This book comprehensively synthesizes the literature on army ants, from natural history observations by early explorers of the 18th and 19th century, to modern molecular inquiries into the genetic underpinnings of army ant social life"--

Army-ant Predation on Social Wasps

Author : Ruth Chadab
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (763 download)

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Download or read book Army-ant Predation on Social Wasps written by Ruth Chadab and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Army Ants and Obligaate Ant-following Birds

Author : Susan K. Willson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book Army Ants and Obligaate Ant-following Birds written by Susan K. Willson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five species of obligate ant-following birds (Phlegopsis nigromaculata, Myrmeciza fortis, Rhegmatorhina melanosticta, Gymnopithys salvini, Thamnophilidae; Dendrocincla merula, Dendrocolaptidae) and two species of army ants (Eciton burchelli and Labidus praedator) were studied in Amazonian Peru over five years. The question of species coexistence in these five ecologically similar bird species was explored through analysis of population ecology, behavior and spatial movement patterns of the birds. Two of the five bird species (D. merula and M. fortis) utilized one or the other of the two army ant species as a preferred foraging resource. The three obligate ant-following antbirds that did not prefer one army ant species over the other (P. nigromaculata, R. melanosticta, and G. salvini) are segregated by body mass, which may allow differential utilization of space along an antswarm front's width. This would permit a smaller, more subordinate species to "fit" along the front of an antswarm that was already "full" to a different bird species. Behaviorally, species implemented different strategies when choosing where to forage among available E. burchelli antswarms. Nest site selection contributed to niche breadth among the obligate ant-followers, and may act to constrain populations of the dominant species P. nigromaculata from expanding to utilize more of the available army ant resource. Constraints on the dominant species may provide the socially subordinate R. melanosticta and G. salvini with the niche space they need to coexist with P. nigromaculata . Population dynamics of the birds were not stable over five years of data collection, and the total population of obligate ant-followers dropped by almost half over the course of the study. I suggest that periodic population declines are a normal occurrence in obligate ant-following guilds. Population fluctuations decreased interference competition among individuals and may increase the ability of the subordinate species R. melanosticta to coexist with the larger, dominant P. nigromaculata at Cocha Cashu. Home range size of each antbird species was minimized in some years through reliance on the unpredictable but abundant foraging opportunities at L. praedator antswarms. This poorly studied ant species played a pivotal role in expanding the available foraging resource for obligate ant-following birds, which allowed an increase in population densities well above what would be supported solely by E. burchelli army ants. The army ant E. burchelli has been well studied on a micro-habitat scale, but measures of behavioral ecology and population density are largely unknown for the Amazon basin and are estimated for the first time in this study. Nests and reproductive biology of four of the five bird species were undescribed at the start of this study, and nests, eggs and nestlings are described for P. nigromaculata, R. melanosticta and G. salvini . The dissertation concludes with a comparative examination of obligate ant-following guilds at three additional Neotropical sites.

Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology

Author : Y. Abe
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 940173223X
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Termites: Evolution, Sociality, Symbioses, Ecology written by Y. Abe and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a new compendium in which leading termite scientists review the advances of the last 30 years in our understanding of phylogeny, fossil records, relationships with cockroaches, social evolution, nesting, behaviour, mutualisms with archaea, protists, bacteria and fungi, nutrition, energy metabolism,population and community ecology, soil conditioning, greenhouse gas production and pest status.

Ants

Author : William Morton Wheeler
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
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Download or read book Ants written by William Morton Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Adventures among Ants

Author : Mark W. Moffett
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520945417
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Adventures among Ants written by Mark W. Moffett and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, "the Indiana Jones of entomology," takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett’s spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human—including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Adventures among Ants introduces some of the world’s most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception. • Ants are world-class road builders, handling traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems in their complexity • Ants with the largest societies often deploy complicated military tactics • Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other insects and growing crops for food

Ecology Abstracts

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ecology Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage: 1982- current; updated: monthly. This database covers current ecology research across a wide range of disciplines, reflecting recent advances in light of growing evidence regarding global environmental change and destruction. Major ares of subject coverage include: Algae/lichens, Animals, Annelids, Aquatic ecosystems, Arachnids, Arid zones, Birds, Brackish water, Bryophytes/pteridophytes, Coastal ecosystems, Conifers, Conservation, Control, Crustaceans, Ecosyst em studies, Fungi, Grasses, Grasslands, High altitude environments, Human ecology, Insects, Legumes, Mammals, Management, Microorganisms, Molluscs, Nematodes, Paleo-ecology, Plants, Pollution studies, Reptiles, River basins, Soil, TAiga/tundra, Terrestrial ecosystems, Vertebrates, Wetlands, Woodlands.

Army Ants

Author : William H. Gotwald
Publisher : Comstock Publishing Associates
ISBN 13 : 9780801426339
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book Army Ants written by William H. Gotwald and published by Comstock Publishing Associates. This book was released on 1995 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooperative predators, army ants in unison can attack stoutly defended social insect colonies and can hunt down and devour insects much larger than themselves. Yet from folktales to fieldnotes, the image of army ants has too often magnified their aggression and ignored their magnificent capacity for social cooperation. A veteran of thirty years of research on army ants in Africa, Malaysia, Australia, Mexico, and Trinidad, William H. Gotwald, Jr., offers the first comprehensive account of their behavioral ecology and evolution.

Bibliography of Agriculture

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Total Pages : 2034 pages
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Download or read book Bibliography of Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 2034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Author : Gary R. Mullen
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080919693
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Medical and Veterinary Entomology written by Gary R. Mullen and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2009-04-22 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Second Edition, has been fully updated and revised to provide the latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance. Each chapter is structured with the student in mind, organized by the major headings of Taxonomy, Morphology, Life History, Behavior and Ecology, Public Health and Veterinary Importance, and Prevention and Control. This second edition includes separate chapters devoted to each of the taxonomic groups of insects and arachnids of medical or veterinary concern, including spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks. Internationally recognized editors Mullen and Durden include extensive coverage of both medical and veterinary entomological importance. This book is designed for teaching and research faculty in medical and veterinary schools that provide a course in vector borne diseases and medical entomology; parasitologists, entomologists, and government scientists responsible for oversight and monitoring of insect vector borne diseases; and medical and veterinary school libraries and libraries at institutions with strong programs in entomology. Follows in the tradition of Herm's Medical and Veterinary Entomology The latest information on developments in entomology relating to public health and veterinary importance Two separate indexes for enhanced searchability: Taxonomic and Subject New to this edition: Three new chapters Morphological Adaptations of Parasitic Arthropods Forensic Entomology Molecular Tools in Medical and Veterinary Entomology 1700 word glossary Appendix of Arthropod-Related Viruses of Medical-Veterinary Importance Numerous new full-color images, illustrations and maps throughout

Invasion Dynamics

Author : Cang Hui
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191062537
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Invasion Dynamics written by Cang Hui and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans have moved organisms around the world for centuries but it is only relatively recently that invasion ecology has grown into a mainstream research field. This book examines both the spread and impact dynamics of invasive species, placing the science of invasion biology on a new, more rigorous, theoretical footing, and proposing a concept of adaptive networks as the foundation for future research. Biological invasions are considered not as simple actions of invaders and reactions of invaded ecosystems, but as co-evolving complex adaptive systems with emergent features of network complexity and invasibility. Invasion Dynamics focuses on the ecology of invasive species and their impacts in recipient social-ecological systems. It discusses not only key advances and challenges within the traditional domain of invasion ecology, but introduces approaches, concepts, and insights from many other disciplines such as complexity science, systems science, and ecology more broadly. It will be of great value to invasion biologists analyzing spread and/or impact dynamics as well as other ecologists interested in spread processes or habitat management.

Cockroaches

Author : William J. Bell
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801891752
Total Pages : 781 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Cockroaches written by William J. Bell and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2007-07-27 with total page 781 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential volume on the biology and behavior of these remarkable insects. “This transformative work will be an inspiration to students of entomology.” —Choice The cockroach is truly an evolutionary wonder. This definitive volume provides a complete overview of suborder Blattaria, highlighting the diversity of these amazing insects in their natural environments. Beginning with a foreword by Edward O. Wilson, the book explores the fascinating natural history and behavior of cockroaches, describing their various colors, sizes, and shapes, as well as how they move on land, in water, and through the air. In addition to habitat use, diet, reproduction, and behavior, Cockroaches covers aspects of cockroach biology, such as the relationship between cockroaches and microbes, termites as social cockroaches, and the ecological impact of the suborder. With over 100 illustrations, an expanded glossary, and an invaluable set of references, this work is destined to become the classic book on the Blattaria. Students and research entomologists can mine each chapter for new ideas, new perspectives, and new directions for future study. “Well-written . . . visually attractive . . . This book is much needed to educate biologists about the fascinating biology and diversity of cockroaches.” —Integrative and Comparative Biology “A must-have for any insect hobbyest.” —Allpet Roaches Forum “This contribution is an important source of information on cockroach natural history and diversity.” —The Quarterly Review of Biology “Suitable for researchers, students, and naturalists, chapters are topical, exploring the diversity of cockroaches.” —Southeastern Naturalist

Costa Rican Ecosystems

Author : Maarten Kappelle
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022627893X
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Costa Rican Ecosystems written by Maarten Kappelle and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1502, Christopher Columbus named Costa Rica, and while gold and silver never materialized to justify the moniker of rich coast in purely economic terms, scientists and ecotravelers alike have long appreciated its incredible wealth. Wealth in Costa Rica is best measured by its biodiversityhome to a dizzying number of plants and animals, many endemic, it s a country that has long encouraged and welcomed researchers from the world over, and is exemplary in the creation and commitment to indigenous conservation and management programs. Costa Rica is considered to have the best preserved natural resources in Latin America. Approximately nine percent (about 1,000,000 acres) of Costa Rica has been protected in 15 national parks, and a comparable amount of land is protected as wildlife refuges, forest reserves or Indian reservations. This long-awaited synthesis of Costa Rican ecosystems is an authoritative presentation of the paleoecology, biogeography, structure, conservation, and sustainable use of Costa Rica s ecosystems. It systematically covers the entire range of Costa Rica s natural and managed, terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, including its island systems (Cocos Islands), the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and shores (coasts, coral reefs, mangrove forests), its lowlands (dry, season and wet forests), its highlands (the northern volcanoes and southern Talamanca s), and its estuaries, rivers, lakes, swamps and bogs. The volume s integrated, comprehensive format will be welcomed by tropical and temperate biologists alike, by biogeographers, plant and animal ecologists, marine biologists, conservation biologists, foresters, policy-makers and all scientists, natural history specialists and all with an interest in Costa Rica s ecosystems."