Encyclopedia of Social Insects
A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids. The work is to serve as a very convenient, yet authoritative reference work on the biology and systematics of social insects of...
| Other Authors: | Starr, Christopher K., 1949-, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2021]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color). |
| Edition: | 2021 edition. |
| Series: |
Springer reference.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- About the Editor
- List of Advisory Panel
- Contributors
- A
- Acorn Ants
- Acropyga
- Cross-References
- References
- Aculeate Hymenoptera: Phylogeny and Classification
- Introduction
- The Basis of Phylogenetic Analysis
- Phylogeny of the Aculeata
- Relevance of Phylogeny to the Evolution of Eusociality in Aculeata
- How Phylogenetic Analysis informs Classification
- Classification of the Aculeata
- Cross-References
- References
- African Honey Bees
- References
- Aging in Social Insects
- What Is Aging?
- Why Is Aging Special in Social Insects?
- Ultimate Aspects of Aging
- General Proximate Mechanisms of Aging
- Empirical Data on Aging in Social Insects
- Ultimate Factors Explaining Aging in Social Insects
- Proximate Mechanisms Underlying Aging in Social Insects
- Conclusion
- Cross-References
- References
- Allodapine Bees
- Nesting Biology
- Social Evolution
- Reproductive Castes
- Sex Allocation
- Social Parasitism
- References
- Allomones in Social Insects
- Cross-References
- References
- Altruism
- Ambrosia Beetle
- Aneuretus simoni
- Physical Features
- Life History.
- Distribution and Habitats
- Ecology
- Exocrine System, Chemical Communication, and Social Behavior
- Conservation Status
- DNA Barcode of the Species
- References
- Ant Gardens
- Initiation of an Ant Garden
- Identity of the Ant and Plant Partners
- Shared Benefits
- Other G̀̀ardens Á́ssociated with Ants
- Cross-Reference
- References
- Ant Mimics
- Ant Mosaics
- References
- Ant Plants: Macaranga
- Associations of Macaranga Species with Ants: From Facultative to Obligate
- Myrmecophytism: Obligate Associations with Specific Ants and Other Partners.
- Development and Stability of Ant-Plant Associations
- References
- Ant-Aphid Interactions
- Ant-Hemiptera Associations
- Introduction
- When Is it Mutualism?
- Cryptic Herbivory and Ant Evolution
- Consequences for Plants
- Consequences for the Community
- References
- Ant-Hemipteran Mutualism
- Anthorrhiza
- Ant-Like Spiders
- Ant-Plants: Epiphytic Rubiaceae
- Introduction
- How Do These Symbioses Form and Re-establish?
- The Fijian Farming Symbiosis
- Nutrition and Defense in Ant/Hydnophytinae Symbioses
- Hydnophytinae as a Model for the Evolution of Mutualisms.
- Cross-References
- References
- Ants: Phylogeny and Classification
- Ants Within the Hymenoptera Tree of Life
- Phylogeny of the Extant Ants
- Overview of Ant Subfamilies
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- rownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- ormiciinae
- Formicinae
- Heteroponerinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- phecomyrminae
- Fossil Record and Timeline of Early Ant Evolution.