Cheats and deceits : how animals and plants exploit and mislead
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
591.472 Ste
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591.472 Ste
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-292) and index.
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.
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