Mimicry in plants and animals.
By: Translated from the German by R. D. Martin.
Series: World university library
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Mimicry (Biology)
First sentence: The English naturalist Henry W. Bates spend the years 1849 to 1860 wandering through the forests of Brazil.
Description: Many living things survive by pretending to look or behave like something else.  An organism enjoying a selective advantage by developing some of the identifying characteristics of another species provides scientists with a classic test-case for evolution.  Previous accounts of mimicry, following Henry Bates, have been largely restricted to moths and butterflies.  This book, the first to cover the whole field of the mimetic falsification of signals, shows that mimicry is widespread, stressing that behavior is as important as coloration.  However, because what appears to be mimicry may really not be mimicry at all, it also establishes the criteria for true mimicry and emphasizes experiment answers to such questions. (back cover copy)
Notes: Bibliography: p. 243-[248]
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 6; title: Introduction
pagenum: 7; label: 1
title: Batesian mimicry
pagenum: 13; label: 2
title: Polymorphism n mimetic buterflies
pagenum: 19; label: 3
title: Mimicry and Darwinism
pagenum: 38; label: 4
title: Mimetic weeds
pagenum: 40; label: 5
title: Definitions and objections
pagenum: 46; label: 6
title: Camouflage
pagenum: 51; label: 7
title: Mullerian mimicry
pagenum: 78; label: 8
title: Riddle of the long-horned beetle
pagenum: 86; label: 9
title: Experimental investigations
pagenum: 93; label: 10
title: Ant mimics
pagenum: 99; label: 11
title: The evolution of mimicry
pagenum: 105; label: 12
title: Mertensian mimicry
pagenum: 111; label: 13
title: Aggressive mimicry involving three or more species
pagenum: 122; label: 14
title: The origin of the cleaner mimic
pagenum: 157; label: 15
title: Aggressive mimicry involving two species
pagenum: 177; label: 16
title: Intraspecific mimicry
pagenum: 221; label: 17
title: Mimicry and the evolution of signals
pagenum: 228; label: 18
title: What is mimicry?
pagenum: 235; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 243; title: Films
pagenum: 248; title: Index
pagenum: 249