A Bug's Life
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Ant colony
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Aphid
Argentine ant
Army ant
Atta cephalotes
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Biology
Brood (honey bee)
Carpenter ant
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Cephalotes
Coevolution
Collective behavior
Computer simulation
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Ecology
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Eusociality
Evolutionary biology
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Fire ant
Foraging
Formica
Formica rufa group
Fungus
Harvester ant
Helen DeWitt
Herbivore
Honey bee
Hymenoptera
Insect
Invasive species
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Larva
Lasius fuliginosus
Leafcutter ant
Mating
Midden
Mutualism (biology)
Myrmarachne
Odor
Oecophylla smaragdina
Oleic acid
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Paraponera
Paul Ehrlich
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Petiole (insect anatomy)
Pheidole
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Polyergus
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Red harvester ant
Reproductive success
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Scale insect
Self-organization
Social behavior
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The Last Samurai
Trail pheromone
Vegetation
Weaver ant
Product details
- ISBN 9780691138794
- Weight: 227g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 11 Apr 2010
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions--resulting in a dynamic network that coordinates the functions of the colony. Ant Encounters provides a revealing and accessible look into ant behavior from this complex systems perspective. Focusing on the moment-to-moment behavior of ant colonies, Deborah Gordon investigates the role of interaction networks in regulating colony behavior and relations among ant colonies. She shows how ant behavior within and between colonies arises from local interactions of individuals, and how interaction networks develop as a colony grows older and larger. The more rapidly ants react to their encounters, the more sensitively the entire colony responds to changing conditions. Gordon explores whether such reactive networks help a colony to survive and reproduce, how natural selection shapes colony networks, and how these structures compare to other analogous complex systems.
Ant Encounters sheds light on the organizational behavior, ecology, and evolution of these diverse and ubiquitous social insects.
Deborah M. Gordon is professor of biology at Stanford University. She is the author of" Ants at Work" (Norton).
