Gadagkar, R (1992) Gadagkar, R. (1992) New agenda for social insect research: A Review of Success and Dominance in Ecosystems : The Case of the Social Insects by E.O.Wilson, Ecology Institute, Germany. Current Science, 62, 317-318. In: Current Science, 62 (3). pp. 317-318.
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Abstract
The Case of the Social Insects. Edward 0. Wilson. Ecology Institute, Nordbiinte 23, D-2124 Oldendorf/ Luhe, Germany, 1990. 104 pp. All termites and ants and some bees and wasps live in societies of varying degrees of complexity ranging from an association of two or three individuals in a small cavity to a highly organized, elaborately architectured nest with tens of thousands or even millions of individuals. Most modern social-insect researchers are engrossed in unravelling either the mechanisms of social organization and integration leading to the 'superorganisms' that social-insect colonies are thought to represent or the genetic and other mechanisms responsible for the origin and evolution of social life itself. Few, if any, have been more deeply engrossed in these problems than E. 0 . Wilson of Harvard University, who wrote not only the influential The Insect Societies 1 and Caste and Ecology in the Social lnsects 2 but also the monumental 732-page The Ants 3. Yet it is none other than Wilson who has been able to rise above these preoccupying concerns of social-insect researchers and give us a delightful little book with a new agenda for research - succe ss and dominance in ecosystems.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Current Science |
| Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences |
| Keywords: | Social Insect Research, Insect Societies, Caste, Ecology, Ants, Social Optimization, Competition, Community Organization, Book review |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Ecological Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Mar 2021 07:05 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2021 07:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/67770 |
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