Despite the remarkable cognitive power, humans are not alien beings living in their isolated
universe but part of the Earth's biosphere–a dynamic, intelligent system. The working of the …

(Third edition, with additions) Thinking is a fundamental activity of our species–those that
give names to other creatures and call themselves humans. Textbooks tell us that there is …

A partir del año 2000, momento en el cual el climatólogo y Premio Nobel Paul J. Crutzen y
el ecólogo marino Eugene Stoemer proponen la denominación de Antropoceno como …

Simple Summary The red wood ants are considered to be one of the main ecosystem
engineers and keystone species of the habitats in which they exist. Most of the species from …

Simple Summary The nun moth (Lymantria monacha L.), a defoliator of conifers and broad-
leaved trees, is expanding its range, and outbreaks are increasingly occurring in the forests …

In this paper we show the unexpected fate of the odd Formica polyctena 'colony',
spontaneously created at the bottom of a concrete post-nuclear bunker by workers falling …

Successful evacuation of a peculiar 'colony'of the wood ant Formica polyctena Först., for
years trapped within an old bunker previously used for storing nuclear weapons (see …

Ants are highly successful insects, and they have been on Earth since the time of dinosaurs
(about 150 million years ago). They adapt very well to a wide variety of environments …

This article presents a 'pathology'of the Cold War bunker via an analysis of the decay,
entropy and post-human fecundity to be found within the closed system of these now …

Az erdei vöröshangya fajcsoport (Formica rufacsoport) tagjai környezetük minden szintjére
hatással levő kulcs és élőhelymérnök fajok. Fészkeik körül befolyásolják a talajt, a növény …