Bibliograph

Empire of ants, the hidden worlds and extraordinary lives of earth's tiny conquerors, Susanne Foitzik and Olaf Fritsche, translated by Ayça Türkoğlu

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Empire of ants, the hidden worlds and extraordinary lives of earth's tiny conquerors, Susanne Foitzik and Olaf Fritsche, translated by Ayça Türkoğlu

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-316) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Empire of ants

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1221019302

Responsibility statement

Susanne Foitzik and Olaf Fritsche, translated by Ayça Türkoğlu

Sub title

the hidden worlds and extraordinary lives of earth's tiny conquerors

Summary

"A world-leading ant researcher's magisterial tour of ants' superhuman, six-legged civilization"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Small but mighty -- Take me to your leader! -- The birth of a colony -- Effective anarchy -- Communicative sensuality -- Finely tuned navigation -- Savage hordes -- A garden for a city of millions -- A treehouse for the nation -- Milking it: ants and their livestock -- On parasites and slave-makers -- Physician, heal thyself -- The path to world domination -- Crazy critters

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