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| 100 | 1 | _aChoe, Jae. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aSecret Lives of Ants. |
| 250 | _a1st ed. | ||
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_aBaltimore : _bJohns Hopkins University Press, _c2012. |
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| 264 | 4 | _c©2012. | |
| 300 | _a1 online resource (183 pages) | ||
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| 505 | 0 | _aCover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: My First Journey to the Ants -- PART I: THE ECONOMICS OF ANT SOCIETY -- 1. Ants Mean Business: How the Futuristic Economics of Ants Maximizes Their Returns -- 2. Economies of Scale and Rational Business Management: From Joint Ventures to Multinational Enterprises -- 3. A 50-Million-Year Tradition of Farming: The Massive Underground Mushroom Farms of the Leaf-cutter Ants -- 4. Ant Ranchers: Masters of Dairy Farming Second Only to Mankind -- 5. The World's First Bodyguards: Standing Watch for Room and Board -- 6. The Charge of the Ant Brigade: The Terrifying March of the Army Ants -- PART II: THE CULTURE OF ANT SOCIETY -- 7. Talking with the Ants: The Clever Designs of Ant Communication -- 8. The Ants Come Home: Sense of Direction and Biological Clocks -- 9. Ants at Work: Maids, Nannies, Laborers, Soldiers -- 10. Con Artists of the Ant World: Parasites That Have Cracked the Ants' Secret Code -- 11. Villains and Monsters of the Ant World: Predators and Parasites -- PART III: THE POLITICS OF ANT SOCIETY -- 12. No Children of Their Own: Females in the Service of an Amazon Queen -- 13. Conflict in the Queendom: Divine Right of the Queen? Or the Will of the Masses? -- 14. Political Conflict and International Alliances: Yesterday's Comrade, Today's Enemy -- 15. The Foundation Myth of the Aztec Ant Queendom: The Queens' Battle for the Throne -- 16. War and Slavery: From Full-Scale Slaughter to Bloodless Warfare -- Epilogue: To Know Them Is to Love Them. | |
| 520 | _aIn the words of the author, "Once you get to know them, you'll love them.". | ||
| 588 | _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. | ||
| 590 | _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | _aAnts-Behavior. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aSocial behavior in animals. | |
| 655 | 4 | _aElectronic books. | |
| 700 | 1 | _aGoodall, Jane. | |
| 700 | 1 | _aPerlman, Dan. | |
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_iPrint version: _aChoe, Jae _tSecret Lives of Ants _dBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,c2012 _z9781421404288 |
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