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Biographical note
Deborah M. Gordon is professor of biology at Stanford University. She is the author of Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior (Princeton) and Ants at Work: How an Insect Society Is Organized."A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year"
"Based on her many years of work with two ant colonies, one in an arid desert and one in a lush tropical forest, Deborah M. Gordon has written a detailed, incisive account of the differences in their collective behaviours, and the extent to which behavioural patterns are influenced by their environment."---David M. Gascoigne, Travels With Birds
"An expansive view of the theory of collective behavior. . . . [The Ecology of Collective Behavior] goes beyond earlier models proposed in evolution and ecology (e.g., individual versus group selection). Gordon proposes new and productive avenues for studying the complex interactions of organisms and environment."
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"Though this book is aimed at biologists studying collective behaviour, the subject matter here is easily accessible to ecologists and evolutionary biologists more generally. The verbal argumentation and numerous examples also put this book within reach of interested general readers. The emphasis on an actionable framework illustrated by [Gordon’s] decades-long research on ants makes for a particularly grounded, can-do book. Overall, a very interesting perspective."---Leon Vlieger, The Inquisitive Biologist