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      Pollination by ants: consequences of the quantitative effects on a mutualistic system

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      Oecologia
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          The Ants

          From the Arctic to South Africa - one finds them everywhere: Ants. Making up nearly 15% of the entire terrestrial animal biomass, ants are impressive not only in quantitative terms, they also fascinate by their highly organized and complex social system. Their caste system, the division of labor, the origin of altruistic behavior and the complex forms of chemical communication makes them the most interesting group of social organisms and the main subject for sociobiologists. Not least is their ecological importance: Ants are the premier soil turners, channelers of energy and dominatrices of the insect fauna. TOC:The importance of ants.- Classification and origins.- The colony life cycle.- Altruism and the origin of the worker caste.- Colony odor and kin recognition.- Queen numbers and domination.- Communication.- Caste and division of labor.- Social homeostasis and flexibility.- Foraging and territorial strategies.- The organization of species communities.- Symbioses among ant species.- Symbioses with other animals.- Interaction with plants.- The specialized predators.- The army ants.- The fungus growers.- The harvesters.- The weaver ants.- Collecting and culturing ants.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.
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            Adaptive Radiation of Reproductive Characteristics in Angiosperms, I: Pollination Mechanisms

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              The evolutionary ecology of ant–plant mutualisms

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                Journal
                Oecologia
                Oecologia
                Springer Nature
                0029-8549
                1432-1939
                September 1992
                September 1992
                : 91
                : 3
                : 410-418
                Article
                10.1007/BF00317631
                7e35c299-69ce-40f6-9a0e-689f2fd43af7
                © 1992
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