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An edition of Adventures among ants (2010)

Adventures among ants

a global safari with a cast of trillions

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In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo.

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University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
280

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Subjects

Ecology, Ants, Behavior, Ant communities, Insects, ecology, Insects, behavior, New York Times reviewed
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Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions
Dec 01, 2011, University of California Press
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Adventures among Ants: A Global Safari with a Cast of Trillions
2010, University of California Press
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Adventures among ants: a global safari with a cast of trillions
2010, University of California Press
in English
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Adventures among ants: a global safari with a cast of trillions
2010, University of California Press
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Table of Contents

Strength in numbers
The perfect swarm
Division of labor
Infrastructure
Group transport
Big game hunters
Clash of the titans
Notes from underground
Canopy empires
Fortified forests
Negotiating the physical world
Slaves of Sagehen Creek
Abduction in the afternoon
A fungus farmer's life
The origins of agriculture
Armies of the earth
The immortal society.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Berkeley

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
595.79/615
Library of Congress
QL568.F7 M64 2010, QL568.F7M64 2010

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280 p. :
Number of pages
280
Dimensions
27 x x centimeters

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OL24520758M
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adventuresamonga00moff
ISBN 10
0520261992, 3165278
ISBN 13
9780520261990
LCCN
2009040610
OCLC/WorldCat
449860230
Goodreads
7819270

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