Thieves, Deceivers, and Killers : : Tales of Chemistry in Nature / / William Agosta.
The tobacco plant synthesizes nicotine to protect itself from herbivores. The female moth broadcasts sex pheromones to attract a mate, while a soldier ant deploys an alarm pheromone to call for help. The carbon dioxide on a mammal's breath beckons hungry ticks and mosquitoes, while a flower...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2009] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Edition: | Core Textbook |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 p.) :; 18 halftones |
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