The guests of ants : how myrmecophiles interact with their hosts / Bert Hölldobler & Christina L. Kwapich.
"Pulitzer Prize-winner Bert Hölldobler and behavioral ecologist Christina Kwapich reveal a universe of behavioral mechanisms whereby invaders known as myrmecophiles break into ant colonies. By decoding ants' sophisticated communication systems, these invaders disguise themselves as friendl...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
2022.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | "Pulitzer Prize-winner Bert Hölldobler and behavioral ecologist Christina Kwapich reveal a universe of behavioral mechanisms whereby invaders known as myrmecophiles break into ant colonies. By decoding ants' sophisticated communication systems, these invaders disguise themselves as friendly, suppress ant aggression, and feast on colony resources"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 559 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0674276450 9780674276451 |