The Guests Of Ants: How Myrmecophiles Interact With Their Hosts Christina L Kwapich Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Science Biology And

A Fascinating Examination Of Socially Parasitic Invaders From Butterflies To Bacteria That Survive And Thrive By Exploiting The Communication Systems Ant Colonies Down Below On Sidewalks In Fallen Leaves Across Forest Floor Covert Invasion Is Taking Place Revered Studied For Their Complex Collective Behaviors Are Being Infiltrated Tiny Organisms Called Myrmecophiles Using Incredibly Sophisticated Tactics Various Species Beetles Crickets Spiders Fungi Insert Themselves Into Decode Colonies’ System Once Able “Speak Language ” These Outsiders Can Masquerade As Ants Suddenly Colony Members No Longer Distinguish Friend Foe Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author Biologist Bert Hölldobler Behavioral Ecologist Christina L Kwapich Explore This Remarkable Phenomenon Showing How Manage Feat Code-Breaking Go Exploit Resources Some Slip Hosts’ Food Sharing Stealing Liquid Nutrition Normally Exchanged Between Nestmates Other Intruders Use Specialized Organs Glandular Secretions Entice Or Calm Aggression Guiding Readers Through Key Experiments Observations Reveal Universe Mechanisms Which Turn Unwilling Servants Guests Makes Clear Symbiosis Societies Sometimes Be Mutualistic But Most Cases Foreign Exhibit Amazingly Diverse Modes Parasitism Like Unwelcome Many Both Disrupt Depend Host Making An Uneasy Coexistence Nonetheless Plays Important Role Balance Nature Σελίδες: 576 Έτος Έκδοσης: 1011 Διαστάσεις: 20 3X20 3Cm