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Author : Peggy Pickering Larson,Mervin W. Larson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Ants
ISBN : LCCN:lc68013711
Author : Peggy Pickering Larson,Mervin W. Larson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Insect societies
ISBN : MINN:319510001165410
Author : Hilda Simon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Owain Westmacott Richards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Insect societies
ISBN : MINN:31951000440898M
Author : William Morton Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Insect societies
ISBN : OCLC:3907858
Author : Charles Duncan Michener,Mary H. Michener
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Animal behavior
ISBN : MINN:31951P01105383X
Preface: This book concerns the lives of those insects that live in colonies and whose activities center about the queen tended by her six-footed subjects. Included also are the various insects that are parasites and associates of our principal subjects, the bees, ants, wasps, and termites, as well as those that shed light on the origin and evolution of the colonial habits of these insects. We do not intend that this book should be considered a contribution to science; we hope rather that it will be an introduction to the behavior of social insects that will prove interesting to many and perhaps stimulate a few to learn more about these faxcinating creatures. Any of the groups of social insects would provide a worthwhile lifetime project for anyone wishing to enjoy an interesting study and at the same time make a valuable contribution to knowledge. It is scarcely necessary to point out that such a study might also serve a practical purpose, for many social insects are of great importance to man-we need mention only the pollination and nectar gathering of bees, the dissemination of pestiferous insects by ants, and the destruction of property by termites. We wish to thank the many persons who have provided us with photographic illustrations. Their names are mentioned elsewhere, but the time and trouble required for each photograph can scarcely be acknowledged. We wish also to mention those who stimulated us to write this book, the late Clyde Fisher and Dr. Mon A. Cazier.--Mary H. Michener, Charles D. Minchener--Lawrence, Kansas.
Author : Michael D. Breed,Charles D. Michener,Howard E. Evans
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000314892
In this book internationally known experts provide a comprehensive view of current knowledge of social insect biology including much previously unpublished information. Particular emphasis is given to the relationships between social insects and humans; sections are devoted to economically important social insects, pollination, foraging, and the role of insects in ecosystems and agroecosystems. The authors also discuss communication, behavior and caste within insect colonies. A special section focuses on the neurobiology of social insects. A series of papers considers the presocial insects, which live in family groups but without caste differences. Also well represented are the fields of sociobiology and the origins and evolution of social behavior. The book will be valuable to agricultural scientists as well as to entomologists, sociobiologists, ecologists, ethologists, and natural historians. Endocrinologists and neurobiologists will also find important new material.
Author : William Morton Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015040104997
Author : M. V. Brian
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781483266374
Social Insect Populations focuses on observations on the populations of social insects, including egg production, nesting characteristics, and food collection. The book first underscores the evolution of social life and organization and control of social insect populations. The text also ponders on the numbers and density of social insect populations, as well as methods of estimation, numbers in colonies, and density and biomass. Egg production, stationary populations, nest size, productivity, and survival are discussed. The manuscript discusses reproduction and brood periodicity of social insect populations. Discussions focus on reproduction by single and group of queens and reciprocity among bees, wasps, and ants. The text also examines nest sites and shelters, mating structures, and food collection of social insects. Discussions focus on food supply, intergeneric competition, predators and parasites, and population regulation among bees, wasps, termites, and ants. The book is a dependable reference for readers interested in the study of social insect populations.
Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Population
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309306645
Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography is a collection of papers that examine cross-species comparisons of social environments with a focus on social behaviors along with social hierarchies and connections, to examine their effects on health, longevity, and life histories. This report covers a broad spectrum of nonhuman animals, exploring a variety of measures of position in social hierarchies and social networks, drawing links among these factors to health outcomes and trajectories, and comparing them to those in humans. Sociality, Hierarchy, Health revisits both the theoretical underpinnings of biodemography and the empirical findings that have emerged over the past two decades.
Author : William M. Wheeler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:247272752
Author : Reading
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Leveled Reade
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0547094582
Author : Claire Detrain,Jean L. Deneubourg,Jacques M. Pasteels
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783034887397
Claire Detrain, Jean-Louis Deneubourg and Jacques Pasteels Studies on insects have been pioneering in major fields of modern biology. In the 1970 s, research on pheromonal communication in insects gave birth to the dis cipline of chemical ecology and provided a scientific frame to extend this approach to other animal groups. In the 1980 s, the theory of kin selection, which was initially formulated by Hamilton to explain the rise of eusociality in insects, exploded into a field of research on its own and found applications in the under standing of community structures including vertebrate ones. In the same manner, recent studies, which decipher the collective behaviour of insect societies, might be now setting the stage for the elucidation of information processing in animals. Classically, problem solving is assumed to rely on the knowledge of a central unit which must take decisions and collect all pertinent information. However, an alternative method is extensively used in nature: problems can be collectively solved through the behaviour of individuals, which interact with each other and with the environment. The management of information, which is a major issue of animal behaviour, is interesting to study in a social life context, as it raises addi tional questions about conflict-cooperation trade-oft's. Insect societies have proven particularly open to experimental analysis: one can easily assemble or disassemble them and place them in controllable situations in the laboratory.
Author : Jean-Henri Fabre
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1435379659
Author : Emily M. Stewart
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Insect societies
ISBN : 1617614661
Includes bibliographical references and index.