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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
June 2016
Print publication year:
2016
Online ISBN:
9781107261402
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107261402
Series:
Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Subjects:
Life Sciences, Ecology and Conservation, Entomology
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Book description

Wood ants play an ecologically dominant and conspicuous role in temperate boreal forests, making a keystone contribution to woodland ecosystem functions and processes. Wood ant taxonomy and global distributions set the scene for this text's exploration of wood ants as social insects, examining their flexible social structures, genetics, population ecology, and behaviour, from nest-mate recognition to task allocation. Wood ants' interactions with their environment and with other organisms are essential to their success: competition, predation and mutualism are described and analysed. Bringing together the expertise of ecological researchers and conservation practitioners, this book provides practical and theoretical advice about sampling and monitoring these insects, and outlines the requirements for effective conservation. This is an indispensable resource for wood ant researchers, entomologists, conservationists and ecological consultants, as well as anyone interested in social insects, keystone species and the management and conservation of forest ecosystems.

Reviews

'… this book is to be recommended to any scientist with a specific interest in wood ants, be it from an academic or a more applied perspective.'

Konrad Fiedler Source: Myrmecological News

'The volume is a great synthesis of the decades of studies on wood ants and I enjoyed reading it very much. … I think Wood Ant Ecology and Conservation is a very timely volume, especially in the light of the potential threats that wood ants face with more intensive use of forests and grasslands in temperate and boreal regions. I am sure the book will inspire more comparative work on this fascinating group of ants.'

Heike Feldhaar Source: The Quarterly Review of Biology

‘… it contains a wealth of data so that I would recommend to every wood ant researcher to purchase it.’

Peter Boer Source: Entomologische Berichten

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