Kingdom of ants : Jose Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World

Title
  1. Kingdom of ants : Jose Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World / Edward O. Wilson and Jose M. Gomez Durán.
Published by
  1. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Author
  1. Wilson, Edward O.

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Additional authors
  1. Gómez Durán, José María.
Description
  1. viii, 95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps; 23 cm.
Subject
  1. Ants > Research > South America > History > 18th century
  2. Botanists > Spain > Biography
  3. Mutis, José Celestino, 1732-1808
  4. Botanists > Colombia > Biography
Contents
  1. Who was Mutis -- The making of an eighteenth-century naturalist -- The scientific contributions of José Celestino Mutis -- Mutis seeks advice -- Mutis begins his study of ants -- Ants are transported by ships -- Ant plants and plant ants -- Mutis learns about the mule-train (leafcutter) ants -- Unending struggles against the mule-train ants -- Ant wars -- Mutis solves the mystery of the nomadic pataloas -- Mutis measures the size of an army-ant colony -- Mutis tracks the armies of ants -- Mutis studies the gender of ants and makes an amazing discovery -- Mutis' other ants -- How good a scientist was Mutis?
Call number
  1. JFD 10-4283
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Author
  1. Wilson, Edward O.
Title
  1. Kingdom of ants : Jose Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World / Edward O. Wilson and Jose M. Gomez Durán.
Imprint
  1. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references.
Added author
  1. Gómez Durán, José María.
LCCN
  1. 2010011046
ISBN
  1. 9780801897856 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  2. 0801897858 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFD 10-4283
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