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Environment: early ant plagues in the New World.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15635401     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The identity and origin of the West Indian plague ants of the early sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries have long been a mystery. By reviewing historic accounts with an analysis of the present-day Caribbean ant fauna, I have narrowed the list of suspects to two species and their insect symbionts.
Authors:
Edward O Wilson
Publication Detail:
Type:  Historical Article; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nature     Volume:  433     ISSN:  1476-4687     ISO Abbreviation:  Nature     Publication Date:  2005 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-01-06     Completed Date:  2005-01-28     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410462     Medline TA:  Nature     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  32     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138-2902, USA. ewilson@oeb.harvard.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Ant Venoms / history,  toxicity
Ants / classification,  pathogenicity*,  physiology*
Geography
History, 16th Century
History, 18th Century
Humans
Insect Bites and Stings / history
Symbiosis / physiology
West Indies
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Ant Venoms

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