Screen LibraryThe guests of ants : how myrmecophiles interact with their hosts /
"Pulitzer Prize-winner Bert Hölldobler and behavioral ecologist Christina Kwapich reveal a universe of behavioral mechanisms whereby invaders known as myrmecophiles break into ant colonies. By decoding ants' sophisticated communication systems, these invaders disguise themselves as friendl...
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The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Pulitzer Prize-winner Bert Hölldobler and behavioral ecologist Christina Kwapich reveal a universe of behavioral mechanisms whereby invaders known as myrmecophiles break into ant colonies. By decoding ants' sophisticated communication systems, these invaders disguise themselves as friendly, suppress ant aggression, and feast on colony resources"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 559 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [497]-540) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674265516 0674265513 |
| Index Number: | QL523 |
| CLC: | Q969.540.8 |
| Call Number: | Q969.540.8/H737 |