Social Insects and the Environment: Proceedings of the 11th Congress of IUSSI, 1990

24x15cm, xxxi, 765 pp Contains 363 papers concerning Termite Behaviour & Evolution; Evolution of Sociality: Lessons from Primitively Eusocial Wasps; Ant-Plant Associations;Ecology & Evolution of Honey Bee Behaviour; Evolution & Speciation in Social Parasites; Caste Differentiation in Social Insects; The Role of Learning & Memory in the Orientation of Social Insects; Social Insects in Ecosystems; Evolution & Significance of Polygyny in Social insects; Pest Ants: Present & Future; Evolution of Eusociality in Arthropods Other than the Hymenoptera & Isoptera; Phylogeny & Evolution of the Formicidae; Social Polymorphism: How & Why?; Reproductive Fitness & Eusocial Organisation; Behavioural Ontogeny of Individuals & Colonies; Chemical Signature in Social Insects; Pollination Ecology of Social Insects; Parasite-Host Relationship of Varroa jacobsoni & Other Asian Honey Bee Mites; The Benefits of Social Insects in Agriculture; Evolution of Social Behaviour in Carpenter Bees; Behavioural Genetics of Eusocial Hymenoptera; Pheromonal Aspects of Nest & Nestmate Recognition in Primitively Social Bees; Models & Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Social Insects; Foraging Strategies of Social Insects; Biogeography, Ecophysiology & Social Organization of Stingless Bees; Harmful Effects of Social Insects; Biological Control of Pestiferous Social Insects; The Role of Nourishment in the Ontogeny & Evolution of Insect Societies; Nests & Nest Building in Social Insects; Ant Community Structure. Minor rubbing. Some small spots to top page-edge. VG., dustwrapper.…