The Behavioural Ecology of Ants
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-010-7904-4 (ISBN)
1 Social Behaviour as a Selfish Strategy.- 1.1 Kin selection.- 1.2 Inclusive fitness and sex ratios.- 1.3 Parental care and manipulation.- 1.4 The evolution of polygyny.- 1.5 Dominance hierarchies in workers.- 1.6 Cooperation and competition.- 2 The Phylogeny of Ants.- 2.1 The origin of ants.- 2.2 The subfamilies of ants.- 3 Ant Economics.- 3.1 Economies of scale.- 3.2 Colony life-history strategies.- 3.3 The flow of resources within the colony.- 3.4 Nest construction.- 4 Who does What, and When?.- 4.1 How ants are employed: how many tasks are performed in antcolonies?.- 4.2 Temporal polyethism: production lines based on an age-baseddivision of labour.- 4.3 Conflicts over the division of labour.- 4.4 Physical castes.- 4.5 The economics of caste ratios.- 4.6 Caste ratios and social homeostasis.- 5 Communication.- 5.1 Ant signals and language.- 5.2 Recognition of nestmates.- 5.3 Pheromonal communication.- 5.4 Communication in recruitment.- 5.5 Sex pheromones.- 6 Ants as Partners.- 6.1 Ants in the ecological community.- 6.2 Ants and plants.- 6.3 Ants and other insects.- 6.4 The cost-benefit balance in mutualism.- 7 Ants Exploiting Ants.- 7.1 Types of exploitation.- 7.2 The temporary and permanent parasitic ants.- 7.3 The evolution of inquilines.- 7.4 Slavery.- 8 Ant Ecology.- 8.1 Competition.- 8.2 Economics of territorial defence.- 8.3 Foraging for the most profitable prey.- 8.4 Ants as predators and prey: army ant foraging ecology.- References.
Reihe/Serie | Developments Series |
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Zusatzinfo | 28 Illustrations, black and white; X, 206 p. 28 illus. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 94-010-7904-8 / 9401079048 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-010-7904-4 / 9789401079044 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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