Format:
1 Online-Ressource (241 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0691004889
,
1400830834
,
9780691004884
,
9781400830831
Content:
From mating to parenting, foraging to self-defense, plant and animal activities are accomplished largely by the secretion or exchange of organic chemicals. The fascinating and fast-developing science of chemistry in nature is introduced in a series of remarkable stories that is accessible to the general reader yet revelatory to chemists and biologists
Content:
Prologue -- Protos and their slaves -- From protos and lepts to nature's special chemicals -- Paying ants for transportation -- Getting pollinated -- Flies and the misery they bring -- Eavesdropping as a way of life -- Success through mimicry and theft -- Bacteria : Chemical complexities in simple cells -- Delving into nature's chemicals -- Stocking the medicine chest -- Loose ends and new beginnings -- Complexity in the real world -- Capitalizing on ecology
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Agosta, William C Thieves, deceivers, and killers Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, ©2001
Language:
English
Keywords:
Chemische Ökologie
;
Chemische Kommunikation
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