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The Ants [Kindle Edition]

Edward O. Wilson (Author), Bert Hölldobler (Author)

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"The Ants should be in every University and High School library." (TREE) "The book is truly comprehensive; very little ant biology that I am aware of has been omitted....Many of the illustrations are art in their own right. Rarely has a group of organisms been represented so well. (The Quarterly Review of Biology)

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From the Arctic to South Africa - one finds them everywhere: Ants. Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system. Their caste system, the division of labor, the origin of altruistic behavior and the complex forms of chemical communication makes them the most interesting group of social organisms and the main subject for sociobiologists. Not least is their ecological importance: Ants are the premier soil turners, channelers of energy and dominatrices of the insect fauna.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 54849 KB
Print Length: 732 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (22 Mar 1990)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B003YFJ630
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #276,061 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #22 in Kindle Store > Books > Nonfiction > Science > Biological Sciences > Biology > Entomology
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The most definitive reference book on ants ever!!!!!!! 26 May 2003

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This book is without doubt THE bible of myrmecology. It covers absolutely every aspect of ants. There is not much more about ants that the authors could have put in. If you want the definitive reference guide to ants then buy this book. Yes it is expensive but it is well worth it!!!! It is however aimed at academics so if you are not academically minded you may wish to purchase something else.

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The ant bible for the serious enthusiast or Myrmechologist 16 Sep 2001

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There are so many interesting facts and observations packed into this very large book that it is an excellent source of information for any person that is serious about studying ants. Many facts will amaze, such as the size of a leaf cutting ant nest underground, this is the world we don't see, and the authors have presented so much information that it makes the mind boggle.

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The bible of myrmecology 13 Sep 2011

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This book is a must for any long term serious myrmecologist, both amateur (like myself) or professional alike.

I have the hardback version and the kindle version. I will review both separately here.

Hardback: a spectacular book with 732 large sized pages full of fascinating, detailed text, awesome photographs, graphs, tables, charts and more. The book is of vary good quality both in binding and pages. Written in 1990, and although there have been some advances in information about ants since it's publication, it is, nevertheless, the most comprehensive, authoritative and reliable book of it's kind on this fascinating subject. Many people, I hazard a guess, would not read it from cover to cover but just look up the information they are looking for via the contents page and/or index. However if you are a serious enthusiast I would suggest that you have a go at reading it cover to cover. The information it contains will amaze you.

Kindle version: this really does convert to the kindle extremely well, the only let down is the kindles monochrome display; you'll not appreciate the beautiful colour photos as much. Some of the data in the charts might be small but you can always increase the size of the text. The conversion is vary professional; no spelling mistakes or awful formatting. Using the kindle app for iPad I was able to read this book on my iPad 2 even better than with the kindle. Due to the huge size and weight of the physical book, this e-version is ideal when travelling.

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During Cretaceous times, spanning 140 million to 65 million years before the present, a fourth and wholly different kind of event occurred, the origin of advanced social life. All of the insects in the fourth category, comprising the termites, the ants, and some of the bees and wasps, are colonial. More precisely, they are eusocial in their habits. This means that two or more generations overlap in the society, adults take care of the young, and, most importantly, adults are divided into reproductive and nonreproductive castes, in other words queens and kings versus workers &quote;

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The question of interest for general biology is the nature of the similarities between morphogenesis and sociogenesis. &quote;

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The definitive process at the level of the colony is sociogenesis, the procedures by which individuals undergo changes in caste, behavior, and physical location incident to colonial development. &quote;

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