Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants of California
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Rating | : | 4.74 (545 Votes) |
Asin | : | 022639851X |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-03-22 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
“Spicer Rice’s style is clear, fluid, and engaging. Especially lovely is the abundance of photographs by Alex Wild, the Ansel Adams of arthropods.”
But more than this, it will transform the way Californians perceive the environment around them by deepening their understanding of its littlest inhabitants, inspiring everyone to find their inner naturalist, get outside, and crawl across the dirt—magnifying glass in hand.. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants of California provides an eye-opening entomological overview of the natural history of California’s species most noted by project participants—and even offers tips on keeping ant farms in your home. Emerging from Dunn’s ambitious citizen science project Your Wild Life (an initiative based at North Carolina State University) and the work of Brian Fisher with the California Academy of Sciences, Dr. Exploring species from the high noon and