Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimicries through to human behavioural and microbial molecular deceptions Highlights areas where additonal work or specific exeprimentation could be fruitful Includes, animals, plants, micro–organisms and humans INDICE: Preface .Acknowledgements .1 INTRODUCTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MIMICRY SYSTEMS .2 CAMOUFLAGE: CRYPSIS AND DISRUPTIVE COLOURATION IN ANIMALS .3 CAMOUFLAGE: MASQUERADE .4 APOSEMATISM AND ITS EVOLUTION .5 ANTI–PREDATOR MIMICRY. I. MATHEMATICAL MODELS .6 ANTI–PREDATOR MIMICRY. II. EXPERIMENTAL TESTS .7 ANTI–PREDATOR MIMICRY. III. BATESIAN AND MULLERIAN EXAMPLES .8 ANTI–PREDATOR MIMICRY. ATTACK DEFLECTION, SCHOOLING, ETC. .9 ANTI–HERBIVORY DECEPTIONS .10 AGGRESSIVE DECEPTIONS .11 SEXUAL MIMICRIES IN ANIMALS (INCLUDING HUMANS) .12 REPRODUCTIVE MIMICRIES IN PLANTS .13 INTRA– AND INTERSPECIFIC COOPERATION, COMPETITION AND HIERARCHIES .14 ADAPTIVE RESEMBLANCES AND DISPERSAL: SEEDS, SPORES AND EGGS .15 MOLECULAR MIMICRY: PARASITES, PATHOGENS AND PLANTS .Extended glossary .References .Author index .General index .Taxonomic index
- ISBN: 978-1-118-93153-0
- Editorial: Wiley–Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 576
- Fecha Publicación: 06/10/2017
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