Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions / / Mark W. Moffett |
Autore | Moffett Mark W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
Disciplina | 595.79/615 |
Soggetto topico |
Ants - Behavior
Ant communities Ants - Ecology |
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ISBN | 0-520-94541-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Travels with My Ants -- A Brief Primer on Ants -- Marauder Ant, the Ultimate Omnivore -- African Army Ant, Raiders on the Swarm -- Weaver Ant, Empress of the Air -- Amazon Ant, the Slavemaker -- Leafcutter Ant, the Constant Gardener -- Argentine Ant, the Global Invader -- Conclusion: Four Ways of Looking at an Ant -- Acknowledgments and a Note on Content -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781559003321 |
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Diversity, Biogeography and Community Ecology of Ants |
Autore | Andersen Alan N |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (370 p.) |
Soggetto topico | Research & information: general |
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ant diversity
cryptic species morphospecies species delimitation sympatric association endosymbiont ant vertical transmission biogeography ancestral state reconstruction phylogeny ants community structure physiology interactions temperature behavioral interactions coexistence co-occurrence competitive exclusion dominance Formicidae scale Dolichoderinae species distribution models climatic gradients wet tropics climate change invasion ecology invasive species red imported fire ant commensalism gopher tortoise diversity conservation burrow commensal soil arthropods pitfall bait turnover food specialisation stratification sampling methods hypogaeic species richness species occurrence endemic species distribution ranges dispersal routes centre of origin refugium areas antbird army ant biodiversity biological indicator deforestation habitat fragmentation myrmecophiles mimicry species interactions tropics biological invasions species checklist urban ecology |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910566471503321 |
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Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022 | ||
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