AVOIDING DETECTION
1: Background Matching
2: Disruptive Coloration
3: Countershading
4: Transparency and Silvering
SIGNALLING UNPROFITABILITY
5: Secondary Defences
6: Signalling to Predators
7: The Form and Function of Warning Displays
8: The Initial Evolution of Warning Displays
9: The Evolution and Maintenance of Mullerian Mimicry
DECEIVING PREDATORS
10: The Evolution and Maintenance of Batesian Mimicry
11: The Relationship Between Batesian and Mullerian Mimicry
12: Other Forms of Adaptive Resemblance
13: Deflection and Startling of Predators
14: General Conclusions
Appendix 1: A summary of mathematical and computer models that deal
with Mullerian mimcry
Appendix 2: A summary of mathematical and computer models that deal
with Batesian mimcry
Graeme Ruxton has co-written two books, both published by Oxford
University Press - 'Living in Groups' (2002) for the Oxford Series
in Ecology and Evolution, and the textbook 'Elementary Experimental
Design for the Life Sciences' (2003). He is also the author of over
100 scientific articles. His background in physics provides
particular strength in the functional aspects of signalling systems
discussed in this book. Tom Sherratt is the author of nearly 50
scientific papers on subjects ranging from the evolution of
co-operation, to the maintenance of imperfect mimicry and the
evolution of warning signals. His practical background in both
tropical and temperate
entomology (principally damselflies and mosquitoes) has been of
great value in evaluating empirical work in this broad field,
whilst his wide interests in evolutionary biology and foraging
theory complement those of his co-authors in placing empirical
findings within an appropriate theoretical context. Mike Speed has
worked for over a decade on the role of predator behaviour in the
generation of insect warning signals. He is consulting editor for
the journal Animal Behaviour and a member of
the education committee of the Association for the Study of Animal
Behaviour. His publications span theoretical and empirical studies
of mimicry and aposematism
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