TY - BOOK AU - Wilson,Edward O. AU - Gómez Durán,José María TI - Kingdom of ants: José Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World SN - 9780801897856 (hardcover : alk. paper) U1 - 595.796 PY - 2010/// CY - Baltimore, Md. PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Mutis, José Celestino, KW - Botánicos KW - Colombia KW - Biografía KW - España KW - Hormigas KW - Investigación KW - Suramérica KW - Historia KW - Siglo XVIII N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas; 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? ER -