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Encyclopedia of Social Insects

Title
Encyclopedia of Social Insects [electronic resource] / edited by Christopher K. Starr.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.

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  • Starr, Christopher K.
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Description
1 online resource (491 illus., 416 illus. in color. eReference.) : online resource.
Summary
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. .
Uniform Title
Encyclopedia of Social Insects (Online)
Subject
  • Invertebrates
  • Biology-Technique
  • Conservation biology
  • Ecology
  • Animal migration
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Aculeata: phylogeny and classification -- african honey bees -- Allodapini -- Allomones -- Aneuretus simoni -- bees: ecological roles -- bees: phylogeny and classification -- brood care -- brood-stimulation theory [in army ants] -- bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) and Dinoponera -- cape honey bee -- carpenter ants (Camponotus) -- caste -- caste differentiation: ants -- caste differentiation: genetic and epigenetic factors -- dacetine ants -- dampwood termites (Archotermopsidae) -- defensive strategies -- Diacamma -- Dolichoderinae -- drywood termites (Kalotermitidae) -- Ectatomma -- eastern hive bee (Apis cerana) -- eusociality -- exocrine glands -- extra-floral nectaries -- fire ants (Solenopsis in part -- Foraminini -- Formicinae -- fossil social insects -- fungus-gardening ants.
LCCN
10.1007/978-3-030-28102-1
OCLC
ssj0002757156
Title
Encyclopedia of Social Insects [electronic resource] / edited by Christopher K. Starr.
Imprint
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition
1st ed. 2021.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Starr, Christopher K.
SpringerLink (Online service)
Found In:
Springer Nature eReference
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Printed edition: 9783030281014
Other Standard Identifier
10.1007/978-3-030-28102-1 doi
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