Cheats and deceits : how animals and plants exploit and mislead / Martin Stevens.
By: Stevens, Martin [author.].
Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First edition.Description: xvi, 300 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198707899.Subject(s): Camouflage (Biology) | Mimicry (Biology) | Predation (Biology) | Animal defenses | Animal behavior | Adaptation (Biology) | Biological Mimicry | Behavior, Animal | Adaptation (Biology) | Animal behavior | Animal defenses | Camouflage (Biology) | Mimicry (Biology) | Predation (Biology)Genre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | QL759 .S733 2016 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000009554 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
The basis of deception in nature -- Thieves and liars -- Lured into an early grave -- Disruption and dazzle -- A spider in ant's clothing -- Bluff and surprise -- An imposter in the nest -- Spreading genes and sexual mimicry -- The future of deception.
In Cheats and Deceits, Martin Stevens describes the remarkable range of adaptations in nature, and considers how they have evolved and increasingly been perfected as part of an arms race between predator and prey or host and parasite. He explores both classic and recent research of naturalists and biologists, showing how scientists find ways of testing the impact of particular behaviors and colorings on the animals it is meant to fool. Drawing on a wide range of examples, Stevens considers what deception tells us about the process of evolution and adaptation.--