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010 _a 2008038547
020 _a9780393067040 (hardcover)
020 _a0393067041 (hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)ocn227016678
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082 0 0 _a595.71782
100 1 _aH�olldobler, Bert,
_93312
245 1 4 _aThe superorganism :
_bthe beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies /
_cBert H�olldobler and Edward O. Wilson ; line drawings by Margaret C. Nelson.
246 3 0 _aSuper-organism
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton,
_cc2009.
300 _axxi, 522 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c27 cm.
505 0 0 _gThe
_tconstruction of a superorganism --
_tGenetic social evolution --
_tSociogenesis --
_gThe
_tgenetic evolution of decision rules --
_gThe division of labor --
_tCommunication --
_gThe
_trise of the ants --
_tPonerine ants : the great radiation --
_gThe
_tattine leafcutters : the ultimate superorganisms --
_tNest architecture and house hunting.
520 _aThe Pulitzer Prize-winning authors of Ants present a lavishly detailed account of the extraordinary lives of social insects that draws on more than two decades of research and offers insight into how bees, termites, and other insect societies thrive in systems of altruistic cooperation, complex communication, and labor division.
650 1 0 _aInsect societies.
_93313
700 1 _aWilson, Edward O.
_93314
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038547.html
942 _aSADA
_cBK
_k595.71782 HOL 2009
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999 _c353019
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