Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants
Title | Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants PDF eBook |
Author | Eleanor Spicer Rice |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2017-08-03 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 022644581X |
In this witty, accessible, and beautifully illustrated guide, Eleanor Spicer Rice, Alex Wild, and Rob Dunn metamorphose creepy-crawly revulsion into myrmecological wonder. Dr. Eleanor?s Book of Common Ants provides an eye-opening entomological overview of the natural history of species most noted by project participants. Exploring species from the spreading red imported fire ant to the pavement ant, and featuring Wild?s stunning photography, this guide will be a tremendous resource for teachers, students, and scientists alike. But more than this, it will transform the way we perceive the environment around us by deepening our understanding of its littlest inhabitants, inspiring everyone to find their inner naturalist, get outside, and crawl across the dirt?magnifying glass in hand.
The Ants
Title | The Ants PDF eBook |
Author | Bert Hölldobler |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 784 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Ants |
ISBN | 0674040759 |
From the Arctic to South Africa - one finds them everywhere: Ants. Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system. Their caste system, the division of labor, the origin of altruistic behavior and the complex forms of chemical communication makes them the most interesting group of social organisms and the main subject for sociobiologists. Not least is their ecological importance: Ants are the premier soil turners, channelers of energy and dominatrices of the insect fauna. TOC:The importance of ants.- Classification and origins.- The colony life cycle.- Altruism and the origin of the worker caste.- Colony odor and kin recognition.- Queen numbers and domination.- Communication.- Caste and division of labor.- Social homeostasis and flexibility.- Foraging and territorial strategies.- The organization of species communities.- Symbioses among ant species.- Symbioses with other animals.- Interaction with plants.- The specialized predators.- The army ants.- The fungus growers.- The harvesters.- The weaver ants.- Collecting and culturing ants.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.
I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track
Title | I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track PDF eBook |
Author | Joshua Prince |
Publisher | Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1402721838 |
Jack, a railroad switchman, frantically tries to save an ant who is heading east on a westbound track, straight into the path of an oncoming freight train.
Evolution's Witness
Title | Evolution's Witness PDF eBook |
Author | Ivan R. Schwab |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 323 |
Release | 2012-01-05 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0195369742 |
"The evolution of the eye spans 3.75 billion years from single cell organisms with eyespots to Metazoa with superb camera style eyes. At least ten different ocular models have evolved independently into myriad optical and physiological masterpieces. The story of the eye reveals evolution's greatest triumph and sweetest gift. This book describes its journey"--Provided by publisher.
Journey to the Ants
Title | Journey to the Ants PDF eBook |
Author | Bert Hölldobler |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 375 |
Release | 1998-07-21 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0674254589 |
Richly illustrated and delightfully written, Journey to the Ants combines autobiography and scientific lore to convey the excitement and pleasure the study of ants can offer. Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson interweave their personal adventures with the social lives of ants, building, from the first minute observations of childhood, a remarkable account of these abundant insects’ evolutionary achievement.
Ant Anti-eye
Title | Ant Anti-eye PDF eBook |
Author | Paul L. Weinman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 199? |
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Ant Colony
Title | Ant Colony PDF eBook |
Author | Michael DeForge |
Publisher | Drawn and Quarterly |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2014-01-28 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
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From its opening pages, Ant Colony immerses the reader in a world that is darkly existential, with false prophets, unjust wars, and corrupt police officers, as it follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants. On the surface, it's the story of this war, the destruction of a civilization, and the ants' all too familiar desire to rebuild. Underneath, though, Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concerns--loneliness, faith, love, apathy, and more. All of this is done with humor and sensitivity, exposing a world where spiders can wreak unimaginable amounts of havoc with a single gnash of their jaws.