Suchergebnisse

1. Electron Transfer Reactions -- 1. Electron Transfer: General and Theoretical -- 2. Redox Reactions between Metal Complexes -- 3. Metal-Ligand Redox Reactions -- 2: Substitution and Related Reactions -- 4. Reactions of Compounds of the Nonmetallic Elements -- 5. Substitution Reactions of Inert-Metal Complexes— Coordination Numbers 4 and 5 -- 6. Substitution Reactions of Inert-Metal Complexes— Coordination Numbers 6 and Above: Chromium -- 7. Substitution Reactions of Inert-Metal Complexes— Coordination Numbers 6 and Above: Cobalt -- 8. Substitution Reactions of Inert-Metal Complexes— Coordination Numbers 6 and Above: Other Inert Centers -- 9. Substitution Reactions of Labile Metal Complexes -- 3. Reactions of Organometallic Compounds -- 10. Substitution and Insertion Reactions of Organometallic Compounds -- 11. Metal-Alkyl Bond Formation and Fission; Oxidative Addition and Reductive Elimination -- 12. Reactivity of Coordinated Hydrocarbons -- 13. Rearrangements, Intramolecular Exchanges, and Isomerization of Organometallic Compounds -- 14. Homogeneous Catalysis of Organic Reactions by Complexes of Metal Ions -- 4. Compilations of Numerical Data -- 15. Volumes of Activation for Inorganic and Organometallic Reactions: A Tabulated Compilation -- References -- Author Index.

1 Introduction -- 2 Food -- 2.1 Termites as decomposers -- 2.2 Wasps and ants as predators -- 2.3 Sugars as fuel save prey -- 2.4 Seed eaters -- 2.5 Leaf eaters -- 2.6 Pollen eaters -- 3 Foraging by individuals -- 3.1 Foraging strategy -- 3.2 Worker variability -- 4 Foraging in groups -- 4.1 Communication about food -- 4.2 Group slave-raiding -- 4.3 Tunnels and tracks -- 4.4 Nomadic foraging -- 5 Cavity nests and soil mounds -- 5.1 Cavities and burrows -- 5.2 Soil mounds -- 6 Nests of fibre, silk and wax -- 6.1 Mounds of vegetation and tree nests -- 6.2 Combs of cells -- 7 Microclimate -- 7.1 Environmental regulation -- 7.2 Metabolic regulation -- 8 Defence -- 8.1 Painful and paralysing injections -- 8.2 Toxic smears and repellants -- 9 Food processing -- 9.1 Mastication, extraction and regurgitation -- 9.2 Yolk food supplements -- 9.3 Head food glands -- 10 Early population growth -- 10.1 Food distribution -- 10.2 Colony foundation -- 10.3 The growth spurt -- 11 Maturation -- 11.1 Simple models of reproduction -- 11.2 Social control over caste -- 11.3 Males in social Hymenoptera -- 11.4 Maturation in general -- 12 Reproduction -- 12.1 Caste morphogenesis -- 12.2 Copulation and dispersal -- 12.3 Production -- 12.4 Summary -- 13 Evolution of insect societies -- 13.1 Theories of individual selection -- 13.2 Models of these theories -- 13.3 Group selection -- 13.4 Conclusions -- 14 Colonies -- 14.1 The colony barrier -- 14.2 Queen number and species ecology -- 14.3 Queen interaction and queen relatedness -- 15 Comparative ecology of congeneric species -- 15.1 Ant and termite races -- 15.2 Desert ants and termites -- 15.3 Ants and termites in grassland -- 15.4 Forest ants and termites -- 15.5 Wasps and bumblebees -- 15.6 Advanced bees -- 16 Communities -- 16.1 Temperate zone communities in grass and woodland -- 16.2 Desert communities -- 16.3 Tropical rain forest -- 16.4 Conclusions -- 17 Two themes -- 17.1 Plant mutualism -- 17.2 Social organization -- References -- Author index.