Ant Architecture (eBook)

The Wonder, Beauty, and Science of Underground Nests

Walter R. Tschinkel (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
248 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-21849-6 (ISBN)

Infos

An unprecedented look at the complex and beautiful world of underground ant architectureWalter Tschinkel has spent much of his career investigating the hidden subterranean realm of ant nests. This wonderfully illustrated book takes you inside an unseen world where thousands of ants build intricate homes in the soil beneath our feet.Tschinkel describes the ingenious methods he has devised to study ant nests, showing how he fills a nest with plaster, molten metal, or wax and painstakingly excavates the cast. He guides you through living ant nests chamber by chamber, revealing how nests are created and how colonies function. How does nest architecture vary across species? Do ants have "e;architectural plans"e;? How do nests affect our environment? As he delves into these and other questions, Tschinkel provides a one-of-a-kind natural history of the planet's most successful creatures and a compelling firsthand account of a life of scientific discovery.Offering a unique look at how simple methods can lead to pioneering science, Ant Architecture addresses the unsolved mysteries of underground ant nests while charting new directions for tomorrow's research, and reflects on the role of beauty in nature and the joys of shoestring science.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.6.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 105 color illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Schlagworte: acromyrmex • Aluminium • animal engineers • animal structures • Ant • ant colony • ant life cycles • aphid • Arthropod • Arthropoda • Aspirator (entomology) • Assembly Line • Atta laevigata • Bacteria • bees • Biological Research • biologist • Biology • books about insects • Borehole • Brood (honey bee) • Career • Carpenter ant • cell death • charcoal • clockwise • Copyright • Cryogenics • Darkling beetle • deep cycle battery • desert • Desiccation • dichotomy • Division of labor • Dolichoderinae • dry dock • dumpster • earthworm • Ecology • ecology books • ecosystem • Entomological Society of America • Entomology • eukaryote • Evolution • evolutionary biology • Evolution of biological complexity • Fauna • female • Fire ant • foraging • formica • Formicidae • formicinae • fungus • Galvanic anode • germline • Google Earth • Harvester ant • harvester ants • Honeypot ant • Hymenoptera • insect • Insect biology • Insect Colonies • Juvenile hormone • kiln • larva • Leafcutter ant • Leaf size • Life Expectancy • Mark and recapture • Mealworm • mealybug • Meat ant • Melting • Metabolism • Microorganism • millipede • Molecule • Multicellular organism • Myrmecocystus • Natural history museums • nature books • nest building • nest-building • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance • nutrient • Nylanderia • ontogeny • organism • Oxide • Parthenogenesis • Pheidole • Pheromone • phylogenetic tree • Pogonomyrmex • Popular science • Population Size • Princeton University Press • pupa • Reproductive success • Sand • sandhill • science books • Scrap • secretion • Sex pheromone • Social insects • Sociality • Sociocultural evolution • Soil • soil animals • Soil Biology • soil science • soil type • Solitary Wasps • spatial organization • Springtail • Superorganism • Superorganisms • test tube • tray • wasps • wetland • year • Zoology
• ISBN-10: 0-691-21849-8 / 0691218498
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-21849-6 / 9780691218496