Kingdom of ants :

Wilson, Edward O.

Kingdom of ants : José Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World / Edward O. Wilson and José M. Gómez Durán. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. - viii, 95 páginas : ilustraciones (principalmente a color), mapas ; 23 cm.

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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?

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Mutis, José Celestino, 1732-1808.


Botánicos--Colombia--Biografía.
Botánicos--España--Biografía.
Hormigas--Investigación--Historia--Suramérica--Siglo XVIII.

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