The Social Insects
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The Social Insects
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Author : Owain Westmacott Richards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
The Social Insects written by Owain Westmacott Richards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Entomology categories.
Exploring The World Of Social Insects
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Author : Hilda Simon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
Exploring The World Of Social Insects written by Hilda Simon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with categories.
The Social Insects
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Author : William Morton Wheeler
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-12-22
The Social Insects written by William Morton Wheeler and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-22 with Psychology categories.
Originally published in 1928, this volume, by a world authority on the subject, sums up our knowledge of the social insects. It inquires what are the social insects and what it is that makes us call them ‘social’. Terebrantia, aculeata, wasps, bees, ants, and termites are discussed in a succession of chapters, showing how they have evolved, to how great an extent they have developed, and what are the peculiarities of their evolution. Polymorphism, the Social Medium, Guests and Parasites of the Social Insects, are other subjects discussed in this fascinating book.
The Biology Of Social Insects
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Author : Michael D. Breed
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-06-25
The Biology Of Social Insects written by Michael D. Breed and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-25 with Science categories.
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known experts provide a comprehensive view of current knowledge of social insect biology including much previously unpublished information.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.
Chemistry And Biology Of Social Insects
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Author : International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Congress
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Chemistry And Biology Of Social Insects written by International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Congress and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Ants categories.
Caste And Ecology In The Social Insects
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Author : George F. Oster
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1978
Caste And Ecology In The Social Insects written by George F. Oster and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Science categories.
In this pathbreaking and far-reaching work George Oster and Edward Wilson provide the first fully developed theory of caste evolution among the social insects. Furthermore, in studying the effects of natural selection in generally increasing the insects' ergonomic efficiency, they go beyond the concentration of previous researchers on the physiological mechanisms of the insects and turn our attention instead to the scale and efficiency of the insects' division of labor. Recognizing that the efficiency of the insect colony is based on a complex fitting of the division of labor to many simultaneous needs, including those imposed by the distribution of resources and enemies around the nest, Professors Oster and Wilson are able to construct a series of mathematical models to characterize the agents of natural selection that promote particular caste systems. The social insects play a key role in the subject of sociobiology because their social organization is so rigid and can be related to genetic evolution. Because of this important consideration, the authors' work has consequences not only for entomology but also for general evolutionary theory.
Encyclopedia Of Social Insects
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Author : Christopher K. Starr
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2021-01-10
Encyclopedia Of Social Insects written by Christopher K. Starr and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-10 with Science categories.
A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids. The work is to serve as a very convenient, yet authoritative reference work on the biology and systematics of social insects of the world. This is a project of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), the worldwide organizing body for the scientific study of social insects.
Social Insects V1
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Author : Henry Hermani
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2012-12-02
Social Insects V1 written by Henry Hermani and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-02 with Science categories.
Social Insects, Volume I is a part of a four-volume discourse and collection of research on insect sociobiology. This volume covers the “modern theory with certain concepts of insect sociality, particularly through genetic, behavioral, and evolutionary pathways. This book consists of eight chapters, which mostly deal with the sociality of insects and other aspects. The first chapter provides an introduction to the subject of insect sociality. Topics in this chapter include definition of sociality, types of social insects, and insect sociobiology. The next chapter focuses on the origin and evolution of insect sociality and discusses the theories of origin of sociality. The following chapters discuss the aspects of social insects in terms of antiquity and territoriality. Caste differentiation and division of labor is also emphasized, as well as the genetics of sociality. The last two chapters deal with the larvae of the social hymenoptera and the social and evolutionary significance of social insect symbionts. This volume is a good reference for students and teachers in the study of entomology, zoology, and biology.
Information Processing In Social Insects
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Author : Claire Detrain
language : en
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Information Processing In Social Insects written by Claire Detrain and has been published by Birkhäuser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
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.
Lives Of Social Insects
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Author : Peggy Pickering Larson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Lives Of Social Insects written by Peggy Pickering Larson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Ants categories.