Awards

• Winner of Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction Category 1991
• Winner of Pulitzer Prize General Non-Fiction Category 1991.

Overview

From the Arctic to South Africa - one finds them everywhere: Ants. Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system. Their caste system, the division of labor, the origin of altruistic behavior and the complex forms of chemical communication makes them the most interesting group of social organisms and the main subject for sociobiologists. Not least is their ecological importance: Ants are the premier soil turners, channelers of energy and dominatrices of the insect fauna.

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Author:   Bert Hölldobler ,  Edward O. Wilson
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1st ed. 1990. 2nd printing 1998
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   3.320kg
ISBN:  

9783540520924

ISBN 10:   3540520929
Pages:   732
Publication Date:   22 March 1990
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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The Ants should be in every University and High School library. (TREE) The book is truly comprehensive; very little ant biology that I am aware of has been omitted....Many of the illustrations are art in their own right. Rarely has a group of organisms been represented so well. (The Quarterly Review of Biology)

The Ants should be in every University and High School library. (TREE) The book is truly comprehensive; very little ant biology that I am aware of has been omitted...Many of the illustrations are art in their own right. Rarely has a group of organisms been represented so well. (The Quarterly Review of Biology)

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