Item Description: | Includes bibliographical reference and index. Contents: The Dominance of Ants -- For the Love of Ants -- The Life and Death ofthe Colony -- How Ants Communicate -- War and Foreign Policy -- TheUr-Ants -- Conflict and Dominance -- The Origin of Cooperation -- TheSuperorganism -- Social Parasites: Breaking the Code -- The Trophobionts -- Army Ants -- The Strangest Ants -- How Ants Control Their Environment -- Epilogue: Who Will Survive? -- How to Study Ants. |
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Physical Description: | 228 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: | 0674485254 |