Kingdom of ants : Jose Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World
- Title
- 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
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Author
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- Description
- viii, 95 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- 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
- JFD 10-4283
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Author
- Wilson, Edward O.
- Title
- 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
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added author
- Gómez Durán, José María.
- LCCN
- 2010011046
- ISBN
- 9780801897856 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0801897858 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Research call number
- JFD 10-4283