The Leafcutter Ants
Civilization by Instinct
The Leafcutter Ants is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earth's most evolved animal societies. Each colony of leafcutters contains as many as five million workers, all the daughters of a single queen that can live over a decade. A gigantic nest can stretch thirty feet across, rise five feet or more above the ground, and consist of hundreds of chambers that reach twenty-five feet below the ground surface. Indeed, the leafcutters have parlayed their instinctive civilization into a virtual dom…
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Weitere Autoren: Wilson, Edward O. (Harvard University)
- ISBN: 978-0-393-33868-3
- EAN: 9780393338683
- Produktnummer: 7275061
- Verlag: WW Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Masse: H21.1 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.1 cm 350 g
- Abbildungen: Four-color throughout, 56 photographs
- Gewicht: 350
- Sonstiges: Tertiary Education (US: College)
Über den Autor
Bert Hölldobler is Foundation Professor at Arizona State University and the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. He lives in Arizona and Germany.
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