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Social Butterflies

Hardback

Main Details

Title Social Butterflies
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Henry S. Horn
SeriesMonographs in Population Biology
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:296
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156
Category/GenreEcological science
Zoology - Invertebrates
Applied ecology
ISBN/Barcode 9780691206295
ClassificationsDewey:595.789156
Audience
General
Illustrations 96 b/w illus. 23 tables.

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 3 August 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

An ecologist's investigation of the social lives of butterflies Throughout his career, Henry Horn took a unique approach to the study of butterflies. This book brings together his findings with recent advances in behavioral ecology to provide an incomparable look at the social lives of butterflies, illuminating for the first time the marvelously

Author Biography

Henry S. Horn (1941-2019) was professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. He was the author of The Adaptive Geometry of Trees and the coeditor of Molds, Molecules, and Metazoa: Growing Points in Evolutionary Biology (both Princeton).

Reviews

"This book will surely fuel further conceptual unification by inspiring future generations of scientists."---Mark E. Laidre, The Quarterly Review of Biology "The book abounds with new ideas and is a must read for anyone starting out on a career in field entomology."---John Badmin, British Journal of Entomology and Natural History