Social Insects Ecology and Behavioural Biology
Here is a guide to the ecology of social insects. It is intended for general ecologists and entomologists as well as for undergraduates and those about to start research on social insects; even the experienced investigator may find the comparison between different groups of social insects illuminati...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1983, 1983
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1983 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- References
- Author index
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Food
- 2.1 Termites as decomposers
- 2.2 Wasps and ants as predators
- 2.3 Sugars as fuel save prey
- 2.4 Seed eaters
- 2.5 Leaf eaters
- 2.6 Pollen eaters
- 3 Foraging by individuals
- 3.1 Foraging strategy
- 3.2 Worker variability
- 4 Foraging in groups
- 4.1 Communication about food
- 4.2 Group slave-raiding
- 4.3 Tunnels and tracks
- 4.4 Nomadic foraging
- 5 Cavity nests and soil mounds
- 5.1 Cavities and burrows
- 5.2 Soil mounds
- 6 Nests of fibre, silk and wax
- 6.1 Mounds of vegetation and tree nests
- 6.2 Combs of cells
- 7 Microclimate
- 7.1 Environmental regulation
- 7.2 Metabolic regulation
- 8 Defence
- 8.1 Painful and paralysing injections
- 8.2 Toxic smears and repellants
- 9 Food processing
- 9.1 Mastication, extraction and regurgitation
- 9.2 Yolk food supplements
- 9.3 Head food glands
- 10 Early population growth
- 10.1 Food distribution
- 10.2 Colony foundation
- 10.3 The growth spurt
- 11 Maturation
- 11.1 Simple models of reproduction
- 11.2 Social control over caste
- 11.3 Males in social Hymenoptera
- 11.4 Maturation in general
- 12 Reproduction
- 12.1 Caste morphogenesis
- 12.2 Copulation and dispersal
- 12.3 Production
- 12.4 Summary
- 13 Evolution of insect societies
- 13.1 Theories of individual selection
- 13.2 Models of these theories
- 13.3 Group selection
- 13.4 Conclusions
- 14 Colonies
- 14.1 The colony barrier
- 14.2 Queen number and species ecology
- 14.3 Queen interaction and queen relatedness
- 15 Comparative ecology of congeneric species
- 15.1 Ant and termite races
- 15.2 Desert ants and termites
- 15.3 Ants and termites in grassland
- 15.4 Forest ants and termites
- 15.5 Wasps and bumblebees
- 15.6 Advanced bees
- 16 Communities
- 16.1 Temperate zone communities in grass and woodland
- 16.2 Desert communities.-16.3 Tropical rain forest
- 16.4 Conclusions
- 17 Two themes
- 17.1 Plant mutualism
- 17.2 Social organization