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A little excursion through the world of books: Edward Osborne Wilson, Jr., and Berthold K. Hölldobler, Natural History of Social Insects and "The Superorganism.". ([(This is not a real book-review but...
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Yes, for those of you reading this: I have a few problems with the layout, so forgive me for the moment. When I figure out what's wrong, I'll correct it. Sorry .... Fixed most now! It's better ....
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I did find The Superorgansm fascinating. It's amazing the complex actions that can be carried out by simple mechanisms like quorum sensing. It could tell us a lot about our own neurology, I suspect....
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Teleutotje wrote: Yes, for those of you reading this: I have a few problems with the layout, so forgive me for the moment. When I figure out what's wrong, I'll correct it. Sorry .... It looks fine to...
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I would wait a bit before you do that. This is a great thread and I think it should be allowed to be where people will actually read it for a while before it gets closeted.
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Reacker wrote: I would wait a bit before you do that. This is a great thread and I think it should be allowed to be where people will actually read it for a while before it gets closeted. People can...
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The shadow trail doesn't stay at the top when posted in like normal threads do, and it will just fall into older and older pages.
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Does anybody know where I can find that article of Wheeler? Thanks!
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Hey Teleutotje, Have you read: Parasites in Social Insects by Paul Schmid-Hempel? I think it covers most of the parasite related faults you mentioned.
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I find the starting paragraph of the review by Dr. Seal in Myrmecological News (http://www.myrmecological...er/mn12_22_printable.pdf ) very good! Hope I can write some day like that! Ecologists have...
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Two days ago, I found a reference to this post in the German Wikipedia, the part about ants: AmeisenWiki. See at the bottom of the page of "Literaturempfehlungen":...
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Teleutotje, That is a great review. I think I missed it because I was out of town when you posted it, so I'm glad it got bumped up again. I'd give you a kudos but I haven't figured out how. Now I must...
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Teleutotje, I found it by looking at the shelf next to me here. It was a birthday present from my wife. But I haven't read it yet. I do most of my recreational reading while traveling, and while I...
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Teleutotje: This quote must make you feel good: "Der Autor "Teleutotje" ist sehr kenntnisreich und bestens informiert!" (The author "Teleutotje"is very knowledgeable and the best informed. ) Of...
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The praise is to much. I don't know a lot about ants that You, Dr. Ant, or the writer on the German AmeisenWiki, our Prof. Buschinger, surely know. I only remember better where things are published...
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For those of you that want to read Wheeler's article in the "Journal of Morphology", I did put the text here: http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/8529/t/W-M-Wheeler-publications.html There are no...
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I have begun reading this book and am now on Chapter 5. It is a good and interesting book. However, I find myself perplexed by the case of genetic determination of case (queens vs. workers) for some...
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http://asunews.asu.edu/20091211_antbookresearch ... Thread moved to a reference forum.
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For the newest book of H. & W. (about Leafcutter Ants.) see http://antfarm.yuku.com/topic/11202/t/The-Leafcutter-Ants-Civilisation-by-Instinct.html .
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Updated the list of publications of H. & W. 39 books by both authors!
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