자료유형 | E-Book |
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개인저자 | Tschinkel, Walter R. (Walter Reinhart), 1940-, author. |
서명/저자사항 | Ant architecture :the wonder, beauty, and science of underground nests /Walter R. Tschinkel.[electronic resource] |
발행사항 | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021] |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (xiii, 227 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
소장본 주기 | Master record variable field(s) change: 050 |
ISBN | 0691218498 9780691218496 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
내용주기 | Soil, Ants, and Life Underground -- Revealing the Shape of Empty Spaces -- Meet the Architects -- An Inventory of Ant Nests -- Moving House -- A Diversity of Architectural Plans -- Ants and Soils -- Division of Labor and the Superorganism -- The Evolution of Nest Building by Ants -- Afterword: The Future. |
요약 | "Many animals, from birds to insects, build structures using wood, soil, or a range other materials. Suprisingly to most people, a similarly diverse array of animal homes exist underground, in the hiddent world beneath our feet. This is particularly true for ants who excavate large and complex nests in which they shelter, reproduce and generally go about their lives. Despite the existence of this vast underground world, it has remained largely unexplored. Walter Tschinkel, however, has spent his career researching underground ant nests in his home state of Florida (where they are particularly prevalent) and this book is his story of discovery about what he has learned about these nests and they reveal about ant biology and behavior more broadly. Tschinkelstarts the book by describing just how he studies ants nest - an arduous excavation process which involves first filling the nests with plaster, molten metal or wax. But this is a book driven by fascinating questions and the experiments the author has devised to try and answer them. How does nest architecture vary across ant species? How are new nests excavated during colony relocation? Are the ants organized within the nest? Do ants have "architectural plans?" What is the effect of all this nest excavation on soils? And how does the division of labor within the nest work? Ultimately, Tschinkel provides answers to many of these questions, but also acknowledges what mysteries, including why nests evolved in the first place, still remain. In telling this story, Tschinkel introduces readers to the surprising beauty and architectural complexity of underground ant nests and to how scientific research on them is done"-- |
일반주제명 | Ants -- Nests. Underground architecture. NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders Ants -- Nests Underground architecture |
언어 | 영어 |
기타형태 저록 | Print version:Tschinkel, Walter R. (Walter Reinhart), 1940-Ant architecturePrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021.9780691179315 |
대출바로가기 | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2698469 |
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