The Leafcutter Ants
Subtitle: Civilization by Instinct
By: Bert Hölldobler and Edward O. Wilson
Contributors: Wilson, Edward O.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton; W.W. Norton
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780393338683
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The ultimate superorganisms; title: The attine breakthrough; title: The ascent of the leafcutters; title: Life cycle of the leafcutter ants; title: The Atta caste system; title: Harvesting vegetation; title: Communication in Atta; title: The ant-fungus mutualism; title: Hygiene in the symbiosis; title: Waste management; title: Agropredators and agroparasites; title: Leafcutter nests; title: Trails and trunk routes