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100 1 Tschinkel, Walter R.|q(Walter Reinhart),|d1940-|eauthor.
245 10 Ant architecture :|bthe wonder, beauty, and science of
underground nests /|cWalter R. Tschinkel.
264 1 Princeton, New Jersey :|bPrinceton University Press,
|c[2021]
264 4 |c©2021
300 1 online resource (xiii, 227 pages) :|billustrations (some
color)
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and
index.
505 0 Soil, Ants, and Life Underground -- Revealing the Shape of
Empty Spaces -- Meet the Architects -- An Inventory of Ant
Nests -- Moving House -- A Diversity of Architectural
Plans -- Ants and Soils -- Division of Labor and the
Superorganism -- The Evolution of Nest Building by Ants --
Afterword: The Future.
520 "Many animals, from birds to insects, build structures
using wood, soil, or a range other materials. Surprisingly
to most people, a similarly diverse array of animal homes
exist underground, in the hidden world beneath our feet.
This is particularly true for ants who excavate large and
complex nests in which they shelter, reproduce and
generally go about their lives. Despite the existence of
this vast underground world, it has remained largely
unexplored. Walter Tschinkel, however, has spent his
career researching underground ant nests in his home state
of Florida (where they are particularly prevalent) and
this book is his story of discovery about what he has
learned about these nests and they reveal about ant
biology and behavior more broadly. Tschinkel starts the
book by describing just how he studies ants nest - an
arduous excavation process which involves first filling
the nests with plaster, molten metal or wax. But this is a
book driven by fascinating questions and the experiments
the author has devised to try and answer them. How does
nest architecture vary across ant species? How are new
nests excavated during colony relocation? Are the ants
organized within the nest? Do ants have "architectural
plans?" What is the effect of all this nest excavation on
soils? And how does the division of labor within the nest
work? Ultimately, Tschinkel provides answers to many of
these questions, but also acknowledges what mysteries,
including why nests evolved in the first place, still
remain. In telling this story, Tschinkel introduces
readers to the surprising beauty and architectural
complexity of underground ant nests and to how scientific
research on them is done"--|cProvided by publisher
588 0 Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on
June 28, 2021).
590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bAll EBSCO eBooks
650 0 Ants|xNests.
650 0 Underground architecture.
650 7 NATURE|xAnimals|xInsects & Spiders.|2bisacsh
650 7 Ants|xNests|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00810908
650 7 Underground architecture|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01160893
776 08 |iPrint version:|aTschinkel, Walter R. (Walter Reinhart),
1940-|tAnt architecture.|dPrinceton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press, 2021|z9780691179315|w(DLC)
2020040060
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856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version
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