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Author:   J.H. Sudd ,  N.R. Franks
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers Group
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   1987 ed.
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780216922457

ISBN 10:   0216922453
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   31 July 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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.

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