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The Ants
Hölldobler, B. and Wilson, E. O. 1990. The Ants. Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press. Text used with permission of the authors.
Chapter 1. The importance of ants
Chapter 2. Classification and origins
Chapter 3. The colony life cycle
Chapter 4. Altruism and the origin of the worker caste
Chapter 5. Colony odor and kin recognition
Chapter 6. Queen numbers and domination
Chapter 8. Caste and division of labor
Chapter 9. Social homeostasis and flexibility
Chapter 10. Foraging and territorial strategies
Chapter 11. The organization of species communities
Chapter 12. Symbioses among ant species
Chapter 13. Symbioses with other animals
Chapter 14. Interaction with plants
Chapter 15. The specialized predators