The Ants by Wilson, Edward O. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication CHAPTER 1 - The Importance of Ants CHAPTER 2 - Classification and Origins

THE TAXONOMY OF ANTS ORIGIN OF THE ANTS BEGINNINGS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR THE CAUSES OF SUCCESS TAXONOMIC KEYS

CHAPTER 3 - The Colony Life Cycle

STAGES OF COLONY GROWTH NUPTIAL FLIGHTS AND MATING COLONY FOUNDING AND GROWTH BROOD CARE AND LARVAL RECIPROCATION DEMOGRAPHY OF COLONY MEMBERS COLONY MOVEMENTS ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES IN COLONY LIFE CYCLES

CHAPTER 4 - Altruism and the Origin of the Worker Caste

ALTRUISM KIN SELECTION PARENTAL MANIPULATION OFFSPRING CONSENT TESTING THE KIN SELECTION THEORY EUSOCIALITY AND CHROMOSOME NUMBERS OVERVIEW

CHAPTER 5 - Colony Odor and Kin Recognition

KIN RECOGNITION: GENERAL PRINCIPLES DISCRIMINATORY ABILITY BROOD DISCRIMINATION SOURCE OF THE COLONY ODOR THE ONTOGENY OF RECOGNITION PROSPECT

CHAPTER 6 - Queen Numbers and Domination

THE ORIGINS OF POLYGYNY AND MONOGYNY GYNY AND SPECIES DIVERSITY PLEOMETROSIS DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES OF GYNY AND OF DOMINANCE ORDERS WHO IS IN CHARGE, QUEENS OR WORKERS?

CHAPTER 7 - Communication

CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION RITUALIZATION SIGNAL ECONOMY AND “SYNTAX” MODULATORY COMMUNICATION SYNERGISM CASTE AND COLONY DIFFERENCES IN COMMUNICATION ACOUSTICAL COMMUNICATION TACTILE COMMUNICATION VISUAL COMMUNICATION ALARM COMMUNICATION PROPAGANDA RECRUITMENT ADULT TRANSPORT TRUNK TRAILS AND “HIGHWAYS” INTERSPECIFIC TRAIL FOLLOWING MARKING OF HOME RANGES, TERRITORIES, AND NEST ENTRANCES ATTRACTION AND SURFACE PHEROMONES TROPHALLAXIS FACILITATION AND GROUP EFFECTS AUTOSTIMULATION MEDIATION OF LARVAL DIAPAUSE NECROPHORESIS OR CORPSE REMOVAL

CHAPTER 8 - Caste and Division of Labor

CASTE, TASK, ROLE ADAPTIVE DEMOGRAPHY THE EVOLUTION OF PHYSICAL CASTES TEMPORAL CASTES CASE HISTORIES SPECIALIZATION BY MAJORS: DEFENSE SPECIALIZATION BY MAJORS: MILLING AND FOOD STORAGE CASTE OPTIMIZATION THE ALLOMETRIC SPACE ELITES PATROLLERS AND RESERVES CLIQUES AND TEAMS PULSATILE ACTIVITY MALES AND LARVAE AS CASTES CASTE DETERMINATION

CHAPTER 9 - Social Homeostasis and Flexibility

SERIES-PARALLEL OPERATIONS MULTIPLIER EFFECTS RULES OF THUMB THE SUPERORGANISM REGULATION OF HOMEOSTASIS ADAPTIVE SHIFTS IN BEHAVIOR VARIATION AMONG COLONIES POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND RUNAWAY REACTIONS CASTE AND BEHAVIORAL FLEXIBILITY TEMPO LEARNING ANTS DO NOT PLAY THERMOREGULATION HUMIDITY REGULATION

CHAPTER 10 - Foraging Strategies, Territory, and Population Regulation

FORAGING THEORY THE TEMPERATURE-HUMIDITY ENVELOPE DAILY CYCLES OF ACTIVITY FORAGING STRATEGIES SOLITARY FORAGERS ORTSTREUE AND MAJORING CENTRAL-PLACE FORAGING ENERGY MAXIMIZERS VERSUS TIME MINIMIZERS SPECIAL STRATAGEMS THAT IMPROVE HARVESTING POPULATION REGULATION OFFENSE AND DEFENSE BY FORAGERS TERRITORIAL STRATEGIES TERRITORY, PREDATION, AND TRUE SLAVERY OTHER TECHNIQUES OF COMPETITION AND EXPLOITATION

CHAPTER 11 - The Organization of Species Communities

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION CHANGING AND REMOVING DOMINANTS THE DOMINANCE-IMPOVERISHMENT RULE THE CONDITIONS FOR COEXISTENCE OF SPECIES TROPHALLACTIC APPEASEMENT ENEMY SPECIFICATION CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT ECOLOGICAL EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION SPECIES PACKING AND EQUILIBRIUM THE INFLUENCE OF PARASITES AND PREDATORS THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY STUDIES

CHAPTER 12 - Symbioses among Ant Species

THE ULTIMATE SOCIAL PARASITE THE KINDS OF SOCIAL PARASITISM IN ANTS COMPOUND NESTS MIXED COLONIES THE OCCURRENCE OF SOCIAL PARASITISM THROUGHOUT THE ANTS THE EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL PARASITISM IN ANTS THE TEMPORARY PARASITISM ROUTE THE DULOSIS ROUTE XENOBIOSIS AND TROPHIC PARASITISM PARABIOSIS THE DEGREES OF INQUILINISM

CHAPTER 13 - Symbioses with Other Arthropods

HISTORY OF MYRMECOPHILE STUDIES DIVERSITY OF MYRMECOPHILES THE GUESTS OF ARMY ANTS: AN EXTREMELY RICH COMMUNITY THE ANT COLONY AS AN ECOSYSTEM WASMANNIAN MIMICRY SYMBIOSES BETWEEN ANTS AND LYCAENID BUTTERFLIES THE TROPHOBIONTS HERDERS AND NOMADS

CHAPTER 14 - Symbioses between Ants and Plants

THE VARIETIES OF ANT-PLANT SYMBIOSES PROTECTIONISM AND THE ACACIA CASE THE BALANCE OF MUTUALISM ANTS PROTECT PLANTS PLANTS SHELTER ANTS: MYRMECOPHILY ANT GARDENS PLANTS FEED ANTS: FOOD BODIES PLANTS FEED ANTS: EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES ANTS FEED PLANTS: MYRMECOTROPHY ANTS DISPERSE PLANTS: MYRMECOCHORY ANTS POLLINATE FLOWERS (SPARINGLY) ANTS PRUNE AND WEED TRADE-OFF AND COMPROMISE PARASITES OF ANTS: MICROORGANISMS AND FUNGI POSSIBLE MICROORGANISMIC SYMBIONTS IN ANTS

CHAPTER 15 - The Specialized Predators

THE EVOLUTION OF PREY SPECIALIZATION THE EVOLUTION OF THE DACETINE ANTS EGG PREDATORS THE ANT-TERMITE ARMS RACE PREY PARALYSIS AND PREY STORAGE

CHAPTER 16 - The Army Ants

THE SWARM RAIDERS PHYLOGENY OF THE DORYLINE AND ECITONINE ARMY ANTS WHAT IS AN ARMY ANT? THE DRIVER ANTS THE ORIGIN OF LEGIONARY BEHAVIOR

CHAPTER 17 - The Fungus Growers

FUNGUS CULTURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF LEAFCUTTER ANTS HOST SELECTION ANT-FUNGUS SYMBIOSES OUTSIDE THE ATTINI

CHAPTER 18 - The Harvesting Ants

HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF HARVESTING ANTS THE DISTRIBUTION OF HARVESTING AN EXTREME GRANIVORE SEED SELECTION FORAGING PATTERNS EFFECTS OF HARVESTERS ON VEGETATION

CHAPTER 19 - Weaver Ants

COMMUNAL NEST WEAVING THE HIGHEST GRADE OF COOPERATION INTERMEDIATE STEPS THE SIMPLEST TYPE OF WEAVING ANATOMICAL CHANGES THE UNCERTAIN CLIMB TOWARD COOPERATION

CHAPTER 20 - Collecting, Culturing, Observing

HOW TO COLLECT ANTS PREPARATION FOR MUSEUM WORK CULTURING ANTS TRANSPORTING COLONIES BREEDING NEW COLONIES

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