Adventures among ants a global safari with a cast of trillions
In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo.
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| 100 | 1 | |a Moffett, Mark W. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Adventures among ants : |b a global safari with a cast of trillions / |c Mark W. Moffett. |
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| 300 | |a 280 p. : |b ill. (col. ill.) ; |c 27 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Strength in numbers -- The perfect swarm -- Division of labor -- Infrastructure -- Group transport -- Big game hunters -- Clash of the titans -- Notes from underground -- Canopy empires -- Fortified forests -- Negotiating the physical world -- Slaves of Sagehen Creek -- Abduction in the afternoon -- A fungus farmer's life -- The origins of agriculture -- Armies of the earth -- The immortal society. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Ants |x Behavior. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Ants |x Ecology. | |
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