Encyclopedia of social insects
2022
eBook
Abstract: A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids.
Main title:
Encyclopedia of social insects / Christopher K. Starr, editor.
Author:
Starr, Christopher K., 1949-, editorCredo Reference (Firm), distributor
Edition:
[Enhanced Credo edition]
Imprint:
[Cham, Switzerland] : Springer Science+Business Media, 2021.Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2022.
Collation:
1 online resource (319 entries) : 502 images ; digital files.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Also available in print version.Description based on title page of print version.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Contents:
AAcorn antsAcropygaCross-referencesReferencesAculeate hymenoptera: phylogeny and classificationIntroductionThe basis of phylogenetic analysisPhylogeny of the aculeataRelevance of phylogeny to the evolution of eusociality in aculeataHow phylogenetic analysis informs classificationClassification of the aculeataCross-referencesReferencesAfrican honey beesReferencesAging in social insectsWhat Is aging?Why Is aging special in social insects?Ultimate aspects of agingGeneral proximate mechanisms of agingEmpirical data on aging in social insectsUltimate factors explaining aging in social insectsProximate mechanisms underlying aging in social insectsConclusionCross-referencesReferencesAllodapine beesNesting biologySocial evolutionReproductive castesSex allocationSocial parasitismReferencesAllomones in social insectsCross-referencesReferencesAltruismAmbrosia beetleAneuretus simoniPhysical featuresLife historyDistribution and habitatsEcologyExocrine system, chemical communication, and social behaviorConservation statusDNA barcode of the speciesReferencesAnt gardensInitiation of an ant gardenIdentity of the ant and plant partnersShared benefitsOther "gardens" associated with antsCross-referenceReferencesAnt mimicsAnt mosaicsReferencesAnt plants: macarangaAssociations of macaranga species with ants: from facultative to obligateMyrmecophytism: obligate associations with specific ants and other partnersDevelopment and stability of ant-plant associationsReferencesAnt-aphid interactionsAnt-hemiptera associationsIntroductionWhen is it mutualism?Cryptic herbivory and ant evolutionConsequences for plantsConsequences for the communityReferencesAnt-hemipteran mutualismanthorrhizaAnt-like spidersAnt-plants: epiphytic rubiaceaeIntroductionHow do these symbioses form and re-establish?The Fijian farming symbiosisNutrition and defense in ant/hydnophytinae symbiosesHydnophytinae as a model for the evolution of mutualisms - Cross-referencesReferencesAnts: phylogeny and classificationAnts within the hymenoptera tree of lifePhylogeny of the extant antsOverview of ant subfamiliesAgroecomyrmecinaeAmblyoponinaeAneuretinaeApomyrminaeRownimeciinaeDolichoderinaeDorylinaeEctatomminaeOrmiciinaeFormicinaeHeteroponerinaeLeptanillinaeMartialinaeMyrmeciinaeMyrmicinaeParaponerinaePonerinaeProceratiinaePseudomyrmecinaephecomyrminaeFossil record and timeline of early ant evolution.
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
ISBN:
9781803161297 (electronic version)3030281019 (print)9783030281014 (print)
Dewey class:
595.71782
LC class:
QL496
Language:
English
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BRN:
622925
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