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RECORD NUMBER: 652 OF 5440Main Title | Bombardier beetles and fever trees : a close-up look at chemical warfare and signals in animals and plants / | |||||||||||
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Author | Agosta, William C. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1996 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 32626364 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0201626586 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Chemical ecology | |||||||||||
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Collation | vii, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes index. |
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Contents Notes | Nature's storehouse of chemicals -- Chemical defenses in the plant world -- How animals use chemical warfare -- Chemical warfare in simpler organisms -- Medicines and drugs from plants -- Chemicals and lifestyles -- Chemical messages within the family -- Chemical messages to the wider world -- Making use of nature's molecules. |