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

Edward O. Wilson

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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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Kingdom of ants : José Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World by Edward O. Wilson. ISBN 9780801897856. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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