The Leafcutter Ants : Civilization by Instinct Paperback / softback
by Bert Holldobler, Edward O. (Harvard University) Wilson
Paperback / softback
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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.
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, Four-color throughout, 56 photographs
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:26/10/2010
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- ISBN:9780393338683
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages, Four-color throughout, 56 photographs
- Publisher:WW Norton & Co
- Publication Date:26/10/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780393338683