mimicry: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- pollination of orchids
- seed and fruit dispersal
- work of Bates
- In H.W. Bates
zoology
characteristic of
- crows
- In crow
- frogs
- heteropteran nymphs
- insects
- leaf insects
- parrots
- Perciformes
- reptiles
- snakes
- In coral snake
- animal communication
- coevolution
- coloration
- mutualism
- protection of young
Additional Reading
Significant aspects of mimicry are discussed in Wolfgang Wickler, Mimicry in Plants and Animals (1968; originally published in German, 1968); Bastiaan J.D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination (1961), on insect–flower relationships; Hugh B. Cott, Adaptive Coloration in Animals (1940, reprinted 1966); Bertil Kullenberg, Studies in Ophrys Pollination (1961), on mimicry in orchids; and Denis Owen, Camouflage and Mimicry (1980). More research is described in Thomas Eisner and Edward O. Wilson (comps.), Animal Behavior: Readings from Scientific American (1975), and The Insects: Readings from Scientific American (1977). Types of mimicry are discussed in G. Pasteur, “A Classificatory Review of Mimicry Systems,” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 13:169–199 (1982). A series of articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, analyzes the mechanism of specific Batesian mimicS: Cyril A. Clarke, Philip M. Sheppard, and I.W.B. Thornton, “The Genetics of the Mimetic Butterfly Papilio memnon L.,” 254:37–89 (1968); Cyril A. Clarke and Philip M. Sheppard, “Further Studies on the Genetics of the Mimetic Butterfly Papilio memnon L.,” 263:35–70 (1971), and “The Genetics of the Mimetic Butterfly Hypolimnas bolina L.,” 272:229–265 (1975). Other journal articles on mimicry include J.R.G. Turner, “Adaptation and Evolution in Heliconius: A Defense of Neo-Darwinism,” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 12:99–121 (1981); on plants, D. Wiens, “Mimicry in Plants,” Evolutionary Biology, 11:365–403 (1978); Spencer C.H. Barrett, “Crop Mimicry in Weeds,” Economic Botany, 37:255–282 (1983), and “Mimicry in Plants,” Scientific American, 257(3):76–83 (September 1987); and on birds, P.K. McGregor and J.R. Krebs, “Song Learning and Deceptive Mimicry,” Animal Behaviour, 32:280–287 (1984).
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Removed photograph; added cross-reference. | Feb 10, 2023 | ||
| Added/Edited contact info: BioKIDS - Mimicry and Crypsis. | Feb 07, 2019 | ||
| Added photographs of the Heliconius butterfly, the fly orchid (Ophrys insectifera), and the giant leaf insect (Phyllium giganteum), and an illustration that shows the eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) and its mimics. | May 31, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: BioKIDS - Mimicry and Crypsis. | Apr 10, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Earth - Mimicry. | Mar 25, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Christopher Marlowe. | Oct 30, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 01, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |