The leafcutter ants : civilization by instinct

Author

Bert Hölldobler

Call Number

• 595.796 H737.1 (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : W.W. Norton, c2011.

Physical Description

xii, 160 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.

Notes

"Parts of this text have previously appeared in Chapter 9 of The superorganism by Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson"--T.p. verso.

Contents

• The ultimate superorganisms
• The Attine breakthrough
• The ascent of the leafcutters
• Life cycle of the leafcutter ants
• The Atta caste system
• Harvesting vegetation
• Communication in Atta
• The ant-fungus mutualism
• Hygiene in the symbiosis
• Waste management
• Agropredators and agroparasites
• Leafcutter nests
• Trails and trunk routes.