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From: bks@ALFA.berkeley.edu ( Brad Sherman )
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Ants and antagonists
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Date: 5 Jan 89 21:57:26 GMT
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The Megalopolis stretching some 50 miles from Sacramento to the
San Francisco Bay Area is currently undergoing an invasion of
(so-called Argentinian) ants.
	1) What is the probable cause of this phenomenon?
	2) With no indigenous anteaters, is available food the
	only limiting factor to the ant population? (This seems
	unlikely).
	3) What is the order of magnitude of the number of neurons
	in an ant?
	4) Any good basic books pertaining to ant physiology and
	behavior?

		-Brad Sherman( bks@ALFA.Berkeley.Edu)

Sorry if this is this question is inappropriate for this group,
but there doesn't seem to be a sci.naturalhistory.