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

Edward O. Wilson and Jose M. Gomez Duran.
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Biography


Utgitt	Baltimore, Md. : : Johns Hopkins University Press, , c2010.
Omfang	viii, 95 p. : : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ;
Opplysninger	Who was Mutis -- The making of an eighteenth-century naturalist -- The scientific contributions of Jose 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?
Emner	Mutis, Jose Celestino, , 1732-1808. Botany : https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001901 Ants : https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001000 History, 18th Century : https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D049671 Vis mer... Natural History : https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019021 Research - history : https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012106Q000266
Sjanger	Biography : https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019215
Geografisk emneord	Colombia : https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003105. - Spain : https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013030
Dewey	595.79/6092
ISBN	0801897858 (hardcover : alk. paper). - 9780801897856 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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