Ant Architecture : : The Wonder, Beauty, and Science of Underground Nests / / Walter R. Tschinkel.
An unprecedented look at the complex and beautiful world of underground ant architectureWalter Tschinkel has spent much of his career investigating the hidden subterranean realm of ant nests. This wonderfully illustrated book takes you inside an unseen world where thousands of ants build intricate h...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2021 English |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 105 color illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1 Soil, Ants, and Life Underground
- CHAPTER 2 Revealing the Shape of Empty Spaces
- CHAPTER 3 Meet the Architects
- CHAPTER 4 An Inventory of Ant Nests
- CHAPTER 5 Moving House
- CHAPTER 6 A Diversity of Architectural Plans
- CHAPTER 7 Ants and Soils
- CHAPTER 8 Division of Labor and the Superorganism
- CHAPTER 9 The Evolution of Nest Building by Ants
- CHAPTER 10 Afterword: The Future
- SELECTED REFERENCES
- INDEX