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03593aam a2200373 i 4500 001 278FEFFAE17011EC82262A731FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220601010025 008 200912s2021 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020040060 020 $a 069117931X 020 $a 9780691179315 040 $a DNAL/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d TOH $d TP7 $d VTU $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OJ4 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a QL568.F7 $b T578 2021 082 00 $a 595.79/61564 $2 23 100 1 $a Tschinkel, Walter R. $q (Walter Reinhart), $d 1940- $e author. 245 10 $a Ant architecture : $b the wonder, beauty, and science of underground nests / $c Walter R. Tschinkel. 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xiii, 227 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Soil, Ants, and Life Underground -- Revealing the Shape of Empty Spaces -- Meet the Architects -- An Inventory of Ant Nests -- Moving House -- A Diversity of Architectural Plans -- Ants and Soils -- Division of Labor and the Superorganism -- The Evolution of Nest Building by Ants -- Afterword: The Future. 520 $a "Many animals, from birds to insects, build structures using wood, soil, or a range other materials. Surprisingly to most people, a similarly diverse array of animal homes exist underground, in the hidden world beneath our feet. This is particularly true for ants who excavate large and complex nests in which they shelter, reproduce and generally go about their lives. Despite the existence of this vast underground world, it has remained largely unexplored. Walter Tschinkel, however, has spent his career researching underground ant nests in his home state of Florida (where they are particularly prevalent) and this book is his story of discovery about what he has learned about these nests and they reveal about ant biology and behavior more broadly. Tschinkel starts the book by describing just how he studies ants nest - an arduous excavation process which involves first filling the nests with plaster, molten metal or wax. But this is a book driven by fascinating questions and the experiments the author has devised to try and answer them. How does nest architecture vary across ant species? How are new nests excavated during colony relocation? Are the ants organized within the nest? Do ants have "architectural plans?" What is the effect of all this nest excavation on soils? And how does the division of labor within the nest work? Ultimately, Tschinkel provides answers to many of these questions, but also acknowledges what mysteries, including why nests evolved in the first place, still remain. In telling this story, Tschinkel introduces readers to the surprising beauty and architectural complexity of underground ant nests and to how scientific research on them is done"-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic format. 650 0 $a Ants $x Nests. 650 0 $a Underground architecture. 650 7 $a SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Ants $x Nests $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00810908 650 7 $a Underground architecture $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01160893 776 08 $i Online version: $a Tschinkel, Walter R. (Walter Reinhart), 1940- $t Ant architecture $d Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021. $z 9780691218496 $w (DLC) 2020040061 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20220601010855.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=278FEFFAE17011EC82262A731FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search