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Description edit
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.
Summary edit
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... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Edward O. Wilson: Moffett's mentor
First Sentence edit
Anatomically, ants are like other insects in having three primary body sections: head, thorax, and abdomen - though the addition of a narrow waist gives ant abdomens extra mobility, enabling a worker to, for instance, aim a stinger or repellant spray from her rear end.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction: Travels with my ants
A brief primer on ants
Maurauder ant, the Ultimate Omnivore
1. Strength in numbers
2. The perfect swarm
3. Division of labor
4. Infrastructure
5. Group transport
African Army Ant, Raiders on the Swarm
6. Big game hunters
7. Clash of the Titans
8. Notes from underground
Weaver Ant, Empress of the Air
9. Canopy Empires
10. Fortified forests
11. Negotiating the physical world
Amazon Ant, the Slavemaker
12. Slaves of Sagehen Creek
13. Abduction in the afternoon
Leafcutter Ant, the Constant Gardener
14. A fungus farmer's life
15. The origins of agriculture
Argentine Ant, the Global Invader
16. Armies of the earth
17. The immortal society
Conclusion: Four Ways of Looking at an Ant
Acknowledgments and a Note on Content
Notes
Index
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Mark W. Moffett (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-520-26199-0
Page Count: 280
Publisher: University of California Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-520-26199-0
Page Count: 280
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: QL568 F7 M64 2010
- Dewey: 595.79'615
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