King, J.R. & Trager, J.C.

Ellison, A.M., Gotelli, N.J., Farnsworth, E.J. & Alpert, G.D. 2012: A field guide to the ants of New England

Yale University Press, New Haven, Ct, Usa, 416 pp; ISBN: 9780300169300, Price: Usd 29.95 Joshua R. King, University of Central Florida, Biology Department, Orlando, Fl 32816, USA. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. James C. Trager, Shaw Nature Reserve, Po Box 38, Gray Summit, Mo 63039, USA. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Myrmecol. News 18: 59-60 (online 7 January 2013) Issn 1994-4136 (print), Issn 1997-3500 (online) Received 29 November 2012; accepted 30 November 2012 Apparently the secret ingredients for creating a one-of-akind field guide for ants includes New England citizenship, two ecologists, a botanist, a myrmecologist, a dash of artistry, a spritz of photography, writing acumen, and a healthy measure of taxonomic expertise. In A field guide to the ants of New England, Ellison & al. have established a gold standard for field, forest, home, or garden identification of ants that can now stand beside similar regional field guides for birds, bees, and butterflies. This is…

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