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- An illustrated treatise on a very active and well-defined area of science
- Unrivaled by anything presently available
- As in any competent encyclopedia, prepared by recognized experts
- In encyclopedia format, making individual topics readily accessible
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About this book
A comprehensive, multi-author treatise on the social insects of the world, with some auxiliary attention to such adjacent topics as subsocial insects and social arachnids. The work is to serve as a very convenient, yet authoritative reference work on the biology and systematics of social insects of the world.
This is a project of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), the worldwide organizing body for the scientific study of social insects.
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Book Title: Encyclopedia of Social Insects
Editors: Christopher K. Starr
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90306-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Springer Reference Biomedicine and Life Sciences, Reference Module Biomedical and Life Sciences
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90306-4Due: 25 November 2019
Topics: Entomology, Invertebrates, Conservation Biology/Ecology, Animal Ecology
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology