Ants of Madagascar: A Guide to the 62 Genera
Will be published approx. on 9. August 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-2-9538923-8-3 (ISBN)
Description
Ants are among the most conspicuous and ecologically important of insects. Illustrated throughout, this bilingual French-English pocket guide for tourists, students, and researchers introduces the fascinating and diverse ant fauna of Madagascar, presenting aspects of their natural history, ecology, distribution patterns, and how to identify them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Madagascar
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
576 gr
ISBN-13
978-2-9538923-8-3 (9782953892383)
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Persons
Brian L. Fisher is curator of entomology at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. He has explored ant diversity in Madagascar since 1993. In 2004, he created the Madagascar Biodiversity Center dedicated to insect biodiversity, conservation, and education. He is coauthor of Ants of Africa and Madagascar. Christian Peeters is research professor at the French National Science Agency (CNRS). A member of the Institute of Ecology of Sorbonne University in Paris, he studies ants on several continents, particularly reproductive behaviors, life histories, and morphological adaptations of queens and workers.