Field Guide to the Ants of New England

Ellison Aaron M., Gotelli Nicholas J., Farnsworth Elizabeth J., Alpert Gary D.

This book is the first user-friendly regional guide devoted to ants – the "little things that run the world". Lavishly illustrated with over 500 line illustrations, 300 photographs, and regional distribution maps for every species, this guide will introduce amateur and professional naturalists and biologists, teachers and students, and environmental managers and pest-control professionals to the more than 140 ant species that are found in the northeastern U. S. and eastern Canada. The detailed line illustrations and species descriptions, together with the high-magnification photographs, will allow anyone to identify and learn about ants and their diversity, ecology, life histories, and beauty. In addition, the book includes sections on natural history and collecting ants, ant ecology and evolution, and patterns of geographic distribution and diversity that will help everyone gain a greater understanding and appreciation of ants.

About the Author

Aaron Ellison is senior research fellow in ecology at Harvard University's Harvard Forest, and an adjunct research professor of biology and environmental conservation at the University of Massachusetts.

Nick Gotelli is professor of biology at the University of Vermont. Elizabeth Farnsworth is the senior research ecologist at New England Wild Flower Society.

Gary Alpert is an environmental biologist on the staff of the Environmental Health & Safety Department at Harvard University.

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