Kingdom of Ants : José Celestino Mutis and the Dawn of Natural History in the New World /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Edward O.
Other Authors: Gómez Durán, Jose María
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Mutis, Jose Celestino, > 1732-1808.
Botanists.
Ants > Research.
Fourmis > Recherche > Amerique du Sud > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Botanistes > Espagne > Biographies.
Botanistes > Colombie > Biographies.
Ants > Research > South America > History > 18th century.
Botanists > Spain > Biography.
Botanists > Colombia > Biography.
Spain.
South America.
Colombia.
Biographies.
History.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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