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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Note |
Electronic book. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Introduction : My first journey to the ants -- Ants mean business : how the futuristic economics of ants maximizes their returns -- Economies of scale and rational business management : from joint ventures to multinational enterprises -- A 50-million-year tradition of farming : the massive underground mushroom farms of the leaf-cutter ants -- Ant ranchers : masters of dairy farming second only to mankind -- The world's first bodyguards : standing watch for room and board -- The charge of the ant brigade : the terrifying march of the army ants -- Talking with the ants : the clever designs of ant communication -- The ants come home : sense of direction and biological clocks -- Ants at work : maids, nannies, laborers, soldiers -- Con artists of the ant world : parasites that have cracked the ants' secret code -- Villains and monsters of the ant world : predators and parasites -- No children of their own : females in the service of an amazon queen -- Conflict in the queendom : divine right of the queen? : or the will of the masses? -- Political conflict and international alliances : yesterday's comrade, today's enemy -- The foundation myth of the Aztec ant queendom : the queens' battle for the throne -- War and slavery : from full-scale slaughter to bloodless warfare -- Epilogue : To know them is to love them. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ants -- Behavior.
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Ants -- Behavior. |
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Social behavior in animals.
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Social behavior in animals. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Kaemi cheguk ŭi palgyŏn. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012017209
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781421404288 1421404281 (DLC) 2011021207 |
| ISBN |
9781421405216 (electronic book) |
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1421405210 (electronic book) |
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9781421404288 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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1421404281 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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