Cheats and deceits
Subtitle: how animals and plants exploit and mislead
By: Martin Stevens
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780198707899
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Animal defenses; Predation (Biology); Camouflage (Biology); Animal behavior; Adaptation (Biology); Mimicry (Biology)
Description: 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.--AMAZON.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
Table of contents: title: The basis of deception in nature; title: Thieves and liars; title: Lured into an early grave; title: Disruption and dazzle; title: A spider in ant's clothing; title: Bluff and surprise; title: An imposter in the nest; title: Spreading genes and sexual mimicry; title: The future of deception.