Bert Hölldobler Edward O. Wilson The Leafcutter Ants (Paperback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Leafcutter AntsCondition: NewSubtitle: Civilization by InstinctISBN-10: 0393338681EAN: 9780393338683ISBN: 9780393338683Publisher: WW Norton & CoFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/26/2010Description: 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 211mmItem Length: 157mmItem Width: 13mmItem Weight: 352gAuthor: Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. WilsonGenre: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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