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Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants
Eleanor Spicer Rice
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Description for Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 96 color plates. BIC Classification: WNCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152. .
Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some places more than earthworms), and even help plant forests by distributing seeds. But while fewer than thirty of the nearly one thousand ant species living in North America are true pests, we cringe when we see them marching across our kitchen floors. No longer! In this witty, ... Read more
Did you know that for every human on earth, there are about one million ants? They are among the longest-lived insects with some ant queens passing the thirty-year mark as well as some of the strongest. Fans of both the city and countryside alike, ants decompose dead wood, turn over soil (in some places more than earthworms), and even help plant forests by distributing seeds. But while fewer than thirty of the nearly one thousand ant species living in North America are true pests, we cringe when we see them marching across our kitchen floors. No longer! In this witty, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226445816
SKU
V9780226445816
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About Eleanor Spicer Rice
Eleanor Spicer Rice (www.verdantword.com) is an entomologist and writer. Alex Wild (www.alexanderwild.com) is a wildlife photographer and curator of entomology at the University of Texas, Austin. Rob Dunn is a biologist and writer at North Carolina State University. He is the author of Every Living Thing: Man's Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, from Nanobacteria to New Monkeys, The Wild Life ... Read more
Reviews for Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants
Ant genetics and reproduction are complex topics, but Spicer Rice makes it easy to understand with minimal jargon. The species descriptions seem like stories about eccentric and entertaining relatives, rather than ants.
Gwen Pearson WIRED Really cool. . . . With incredible pics from Alex Wild. . . . Definitely worth checking out.
Jonathan Eisen, University ... Read more
Gwen Pearson WIRED Really cool. . . . With incredible pics from Alex Wild. . . . Definitely worth checking out.
Jonathan Eisen, University ... Read more