| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 398 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
The New England landscape -- Ant basics: evolution, ecology, and behavior -- Observing, catching, and collecting ants -- Identifying ants -- Descriptions and keys to the subfamilies, genera, and species of New England ants -- The biogeography of New England ants |
| Summary |
This book is the first user-friendly regional guide devoted to ants--the "little things that run the world." Lavishly illustrated withmore than500 line drawings, 300-plus photographs, and regional distribution maps as composite illustrations for every species, this guide will introduce amateur and professional naturalists and biologists, teachers and students, and environmental managers and pest-control professionals to more than 140 ant species found in the northeasternUnited Statesand eastern Canada. The detaileddrawings and species descriptions, together with the high-magnification photographs, will allow anyone to identify and learn about ants and their diversity, ecology, life histories, and beauty. In addition, the book includes sections on collecting ants, ant ecology and evolution, natural history, and patterns of geographic distribution and diversity to help readers gain a greater understanding and appreciation of ants |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ants -- New England -- Identification
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Ants -- New England
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NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
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Ants
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New England
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ellison, Aaron M., 1960-
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| LC no. |
2012006667 |
| ISBN |
0300188900 |
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9780300188905 |
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