Author: Horace St. John Kelly DonisthorpePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
British Ants
Author: Horace St. John Kelly DonisthorpePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Ants of Britain and Europe
Author: Claude LebasPublisher: Bloomsbury Wildlife
ISBN: 9781472954084
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This photographic field guide covers every species of ant found in Britain and Europe. More than 400 species of ant can be found in the region and Ants of Britain and Europe covers them all, describing 150 species in detail. The accounts include information on field characteristics, confusion species, habitat and biology, and distribution maps. The book also features a comprehensive introduction to ant ecology and guidance on where to look for ants, a glossary, an overview of families suitable for beginners to entomology, and a detailed, illustrated identification key. Nearly 600 photos are included, showing species close-up and in their natural habitats.
Ants
Author: Richard JonesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472964896
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
'Brilliant, Fantastic and Significant' - Dr George McGavin Ants are seemingly everywhere, and this familiarity has led to some contemptuous and less than helpful stereotypes. In this compelling insight into the natural and cultural history of ants, Richard Jones helps to unravel some of the myths and misunderstanding surrounding their remarkable behaviours. Ant aggregations in large (often mind-bogglingly huge) nests are a complex mix of genetics, chemistry, geography and higher social interaction. Their forage trails – usually to aphid colonies but occasionally into the larder – are maintained by a wondrous alchemy of molecular scents and markers. Their social colony structure confused natural philosophers of old and still taxes the modern biologist today. Beginning the book with a straightforward look at ant morphology, Jones then explores the ant species found in the British Isles and parts of nearby mainland Europe, their foraging, nesting, navigating and battle instincts, how ants interact with the landscape, their evolution, and their place in our understanding of how life on earth works. Alongside this, he explores the complex relationship between humans and ants, and how ants went from being the subject of fables and moral storytelling to become popular research tools. Drawing on up-to-date science and featuring striking colour photographs throughout, this book presents a convincing case for why ants are worth our greater recognition and respect.
British Ants
Author: Horace St. John Kelly DonisthorpePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Ants
Author: Richard JonesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472964888
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
'Brilliant, Fantastic and Significant' - Dr George McGavin Ants are seemingly everywhere, and this familiarity has led to some contemptuous and less than helpful stereotypes. In this compelling insight into the natural and cultural history of ants, Richard Jones helps to unravel some of the myths and misunderstanding surrounding their remarkable behaviours. Ant aggregations in large (often mind-bogglingly huge) nests are a complex mix of genetics, chemistry, geography and higher social interaction. Their forage trails – usually to aphid colonies but occasionally into the larder – are maintained by a wondrous alchemy of molecular scents and markers. Their social colony structure confused natural philosophers of old and still taxes the modern biologist today. Beginning the book with a straightforward look at ant morphology, Jones then explores the ant species found in the British Isles and parts of nearby mainland Europe, their foraging, nesting, navigating and battle instincts, how ants interact with the landscape, their evolution, and their place in our understanding of how life on earth works. Alongside this, he explores the complex relationship between humans and ants, and how ants went from being the subject of fables and moral storytelling to become popular research tools. Drawing on up-to-date science and featuring striking colour photographs throughout, this book presents a convincing case for why ants are worth our greater recognition and respect.
Ants and their ways
Author: William Farren WhitePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
The Guests of British Ants
Author: Horace St. John Kelly DonisthorpePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
British Ants, Their Life-History and Classification
Author: John Kelly DonisthorpePublisher: READ BOOKS
ISBN: 9781408672853
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
British Ants
Author: J. K. DonisthorpePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330425343
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Excerpt from British Ants: Their Life History and Classification The study of British ants has long been retarded by the want of a comprehensive work. In spite of the great and admitted fascination of the subject very few books have been devoted to it, and of these not one attempts to deal with the whole subject. It is with the object of supplying this long-felt want that the present volume has been written. The Rev. W. Gould, who may justly be called the Father of British Myrmecology, published a little book - "An Account of English Ants" - in 1747. Although this is of great interest - both as a curiosity and also for the really admirable account of some habits of a few British ants - the author only knew five species, and of course a vast amount of information has accumulated since his time. Lord Avebury's well-known work on "Ants, Bees and Wasps" (1882), which includes most of his earlier papers on these insects, is, as regards ants, almost restricted to experiments on behaviour. The Rev. Farren-White's small popular book, "Ants and Their Ways" (1883), which touches on ants in general, gives a number of useful notes on British species, but it is neither very scientific nor accurate. Finally Edward Saunders in his admirable Hymenoptera Aculeata (1896), devoted some twenty-six pages to the British ants. The treatment is almost entirely systematic and naturally after the lapse of so many years requires bringing up to date. This brief list shows how great is the need for a work which will include all that is now known on our ant fauna. Such a work I have endeavoured to write, and as I have been studying the habits of ants for over twenty years, have taken al! our British species, and have kept most of them in captivity, I feel in some measure justified in undertaking the task. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An Account of English Ants
Author: William GouldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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