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The buzz about bees : biology of a superorganism /
With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs and an easy understandable text The Buzz about Bees tells the story of honeybees in a new perspective. Based on the latest data, notably from his own research group, JA1/4rgen Tautz provides a wonderful insight into the realms of bees. In contrast to t...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Alemán |
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Berlin :
Springer,
©2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | With spectacularly beautiful colour photographs and an easy understandable text The Buzz about Bees tells the story of honeybees in a new perspective. Based on the latest data, notably from his own research group, JA1/4rgen Tautz provides a wonderful insight into the realms of bees. In contrast to the view of bee colonies as perfect societies of selfless individuals ruled by a queen, Tautz introduces them as a "superorganism," a self organizing and complex adaptive system based on a network of communication; a fascinating result of evolution a" a mammal in several bodies. The en. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (284 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783540787297 3540787291 3540787275 9783540787273 |
| Acceso: | University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |