Superorganism The Beauty Elegance and Strangeness of Insect Societies

Name: Superorganism The Beauty Elegance and Strangeness of Insect Societies
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ISBN: 9780393067040

ISBN-10: 0393067041

ISBN-13: 9780393067040

Edition: 2008

Authors: Bert Holldobler, Edward O. Wilson, Edward O. Wilson

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors ofThe Antsrender the extraordinary lives of the social insects in this visually spectacular volume. The Superorganismpromises to be one of the most important scientific works published in this decade. Coming eighteen years after the publication of The Ants, this new volume expands our knowledge of the social insects (among them, ants, bees, wasps, and termites) and is based on remarkable research conducted mostly within the last two decades. These superorganisms--a tightly knit colony of individuals, formed by altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and division of labor--represent one of the basic stages of biological organization, midway between…

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List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 544
Size: 8.43" wide x 10.16" long x 1.39" tall
Weight: 3.894
Language: English

He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1929. He is currently Pellegrino University Research Professor & Honorary Curator in Entomology of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. He is on the Board of Directors of the Nature Conservancy, Conservation International & the American Museum of Natural History. He lives in Lexington, Massachusetts.




The Construction of a Superorganism



Genetic Social Evolution



Sociogenesis



The Genetic Evolution of Decision Rules



The Division of Labor



Communication



The Rise of the Ants



Ponerine Ants: The Great Radiation



The Attine Leafcutters: The Ultimate Superorganisms



Nest Architecture and House Hunting


Glossary


Index