UID:
almafu_9958127782802883
Format:
1 online resource (506 p.)
ISBN:
1-299-36352-0
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0-323-14782-8
Series Statement:
Social insects ; v. 2
Content:
Social Insects V2
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Social Insects; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Other Volumes; Chapter 1. The Enemies and Defense Mechanisms of Termites; I. Introduction; II. Termite Enemies; III. Defense by the Nest; IV. Defense by Larvae, Nymphs, and Reproductives; V. Defense by Workers; VI. Defense by Soldiers; VII. Integrated Defense; VIII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Defensive Mechanisms in the Social Hymenoptera; I. Defensive Behavior; II. Anatomy, Chemistry, and Function of Venom Apparatus in Social Hymenoptera
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Appendix A: Explanation of Figure AbbreviationsAppendix B: Glossary of Defensive Behavioral Terms Associated with Social Hymenoptera; References; Chapter 3. Presocial Insects; I. Introduction; II. Aggregations; III. Parental Care Without Nests; IV. Parental Care Based on Nests; V. Reproductive Castes in Hymenoptera; References; Chapter 4. Sociality in the Arachnida; I. Introduction; II. Criteria and Characteristics of Social Animals; III. A Systematic Survey of Social Phenonema in the Arachnida; IV. Patterns of Sociality in Arachnida; V. Evolution of Sociality in Spiders
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VI. Prospectus for Future WorkReferences; Chapter 5. Systematics of Social Hymenoptera; I. Introduction; II. Historical Resume; III. Methods; IV. Family Formicidae; V. Family Vespidae; VI. Family Sphecidae; VII. The Bees (Apiformes); VIII. Eusocial Halictidae; IX. Eusocial Anthophoridae; X. Family Apidae; References; Species Index; Subject Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-342202-7
Language:
English
