Thieves, deceivers, and killers : tales of chemistry in nature /
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Princeton Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
c 2001
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Table of Contents:
- 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