Moffett, Mark W.

Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions / Mark W. Moffett. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. - 280 p. : ill. (col. ill.) ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Strength in numbers -- The perfect swarm -- Division of labor -- Infrastructure -- Group transport -- Big game hunters -- Clash of the titans -- Notes from underground -- Canopy empires -- Fortified forests -- Negotiating the physical world -- Slaves of Sagehen Creek -- Abduction in the afternoon -- A fungus farmer's life -- The origins of agriculture -- Armies of the earth -- The immortal society.

9780520261990 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520261992 (cloth : alk. paper) 3165278

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015478752 Uk


Ants--Behavior.
Ant communities.
Ants--Ecology.

QL568.F7 / M64 2010

595.79/615

QL568.F7 / M644 2010