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The Resource Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions, Mark W. Moffett

Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions, Mark W. Moffett

Label
Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions
Title
Adventures among ants
Title remainder
a global safari with a cast of trillions
Statement of responsibility
Mark W. Moffett
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo
Cataloging source
DNAL/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Moffett, Mark W
Dewey number
595.79/615
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
QL568.F7
LC item number
M64 2010
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
QL568.F7
NAL item number
M644 2010
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Ants
  • Ant communities
  • Ants
  • Ants
  • Ant communities
  • Ants
  • Ant communities
  • Ants
  • Ants
  • Ameisen
  • Soziale Insekten
  • Sozialverhalten
Label
Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions, Mark W. Moffett
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Strength in numbers -- The perfect swarm -- Division of labor -- Infrastructure -- Group transport -- Big game hunters -- Clash of the titans -- Notes from underground -- Canopy empires -- Fortified forests -- Negotiating the physical world -- Slaves of Sagehen Creek -- Abduction in the afternoon -- A fungus farmer's life -- The origins of agriculture -- Armies of the earth -- The immortal society
Control code
ocn449860230
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
280 pages
Isbn
9780520261990
Lccn
2009040610
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
3165278
Other physical details
illustrations (color illustrations)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780520261990
  • (OCoLC)449860230
Label
Adventures among ants : a global safari with a cast of trillions, Mark W. Moffett
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Strength in numbers -- The perfect swarm -- Division of labor -- Infrastructure -- Group transport -- Big game hunters -- Clash of the titans -- Notes from underground -- Canopy empires -- Fortified forests -- Negotiating the physical world -- Slaves of Sagehen Creek -- Abduction in the afternoon -- A fungus farmer's life -- The origins of agriculture -- Armies of the earth -- The immortal society
Control code
ocn449860230
Dimensions
27 cm
Extent
280 pages
Isbn
9780520261990
Lccn
2009040610
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
3165278
Other physical details
illustrations (color illustrations)
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780520261990
  • (OCoLC)449860230

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