Includes bibliographical references and index.
McHugh watched the as-yet-unidentified Bolivian Prepopharus larval pack break up when food on the log became scarce and then eventually regroup to pupate in one place. By what mechanism do they regroup, and why?
Because of this important consideration, the authors' work has consequences not only for entomology but also for general evolutionary theory.
This book consists of eight chapters, which mostly deal with the sociality of insects and other aspects. The first chapter provides an introduction to the subject of insect sociality.
Originally published in 1928, this volume, by a world authority on the subject, sums up our knowledge of the social insects. It inquires what are the social insects and what it is that makes us call them 'social'.
In this book internationally known experts provide a comprehensive view of current knowledge of social insect biology including much previously unpublished information.
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.
In more detail than has previously been available, this book comprehensively covers all the various mechanisms of caste differentiation in social insects.
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Social Insects