The Leafcutter Ants - Civilization by Instinct (Paperback)

The Leafcutter Ants is the most detailed and authoritative description of any ant species ever produced. With a text suitable for both a lay and a scientific audience, the book provides an unforgettable tour of Earth's most evolved animal societies. Each colony of leafcutters contains as many as five million workers, all the daughters of a single queen that can live over a decade. A gigantic nest can stretch thirty feet across, rise five feet or more above the ground, and consist of hundreds of chambers that reach twenty-five feet below the ground surface. Indeed, the leafcutters have parlayed their instinctive civilization into a virtual domination of forest, grassland, and cropland from Louisiana to Patagonia. Inspired by a section of the authors' acclaimed The Superorganism, this brilliantly illustrated work provides the ultimate explanation of what a social order with a half-billion years of animal evolution has achieved."

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	November 2010
Authors:	Bert Hoelldobler • Edward O. Wilson
Dimensions:	211 x 157 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-0-393-33868-3
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Invertebrates > Insects (entomology) Promotions
LSN:	0-393-33868-1
Barcode:	9780393338683

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