The Lives of Ants - Rilegato

Keller, Laurent; Gordon, Elisabeth

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ISBN 10: 0199541868 ISBN 13: 9780199541867

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2009

Riassunto

Humans have long been fascinated by ants. While not necessarily brightly coloured or beautiful, ants display some remarkable characteristics that are almost unique in the animal world. They live in intricately organized societies, made up of individuals that cooperate, communicate, and divide up daily tasks. They display amazing ingenuity when it comes to building nests and other structures, finding supplies, or even exploiting other members of the animal kingdom. They are capable too of aggression and violence, of disturbing the apparent peace of their colonies and of sudden fratricidal or matricidal strife. In short, the lives of ants are among the most fascinating in the natural world. This is an account of those lives - looking at the many species of ants around the world, explaining the secret of their huge ecological success, examining the remarkable and varied behaviours that ants exhibit, and tying in molecular biology, genetics, and even cutting-edge developments in robotics, to shed light on what makes ants unique.

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Recensione:

'The Lives of Ants', written for a popular audience, covers ant behaviour, ecology and evolution in a lively way. (Deborah M. Gordon, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol.24 No. 9)

Excellent layman's introduciton to myrmecology. (Simon Schama, Financial Times)

This readable book contains...and answers all the things you've ever wanted to know about ants. (James Delingpole, Mail on Sunday)

Excellent book. (Guy Dammann, Guardian.co.uk)

Laurent Keller is an exceptionally talented evolutionary biologist. (Nigel R. Franks, Science)

The book offers readers a fascinating account of the biology of ants. (Nigel R. Franks, Science)

The book will reward its readers. (Nigel R. Franks, Science)

Scientific yet accessible book. (The Economist)

Fascinating book. (PD Smith, The Guardian)

Attractive, readable summary of research into their lives. (Jonathan Beard, New Scientist)

L'autore:

Laurent Keller is Professor of Ecology and Evolution, and Head of the Department of Ecology and Evolution, at the University of Lausanne. In 2005 he was awarded the E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award.

Books by the same author:
Levels of Selection in Evolution Queen Number and Sociality in Insects
Elisabeth Gordon is a freelance journalist and writer.

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• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0199541868
• ISBN 13: 9780199541867
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 272