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- catalog abstract "Whether fighting off a hungry predator with an explosive burst of rocket fuel, or tantalizing a potential mate with a provocative perfume, organisms utilize built-in chemistry to go about their business. Animals and plants send each other warning signals and even broadcast calls for help, as well as create protective camouflage, make glue, lay trails, and poison their enemies. Bombardier Beetles and Fever Trees unravels the mystery behind these chemical weapons and communication schemes, providing a provocative study of the dynamic world of interspecies competition. In addition, author William Agosta discloses how we take advantage of many of the chemicals found in nature - from quinine, found in the bark of the fever tree and used to treat malaria, to taxol (from the Pacific yew), which is used in the treatment of breast cancer. This field of chemical ecology affects almost all aspects of life, and this book - the first of its kind - gives a fascinating view of these intense chemical interactions.".
- catalog contributor b9165193.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Whether fighting off a hungry predator with an explosive burst of rocket fuel, or tantalizing a potential mate with a provocative perfume, organisms utilize built-in chemistry to go about their business. Animals and plants send each other warning signals and even broadcast calls for help, as well as create protective camouflage, make glue, lay trails, and poison their enemies. Bombardier Beetles and Fever Trees unravels the mystery behind these chemical weapons and communication schemes, providing a provocative study of the dynamic world of interspecies competition. In addition, author William Agosta discloses how we take advantage of many of the chemicals found in nature - from quinine, found in the bark of the fever tree and used to treat malaria, to taxol (from the Pacific yew), which is used in the treatment of breast cancer. This field of chemical ecology affects almost all aspects of life, and this book - the first of its kind - gives a fascinating view of these intense chemical interactions.".
- catalog extent "vii, 224 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Bombardier beetles and fever trees.".
- catalog identifier "0201626586".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bombardier beetles and fever trees.".
- catalog isPartOf "Helix book.".
- catalog isPartOf "Helix books".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.,".
- catalog relation "Bombardier beetles and fever trees.".
- catalog subject "574.5 20".
- catalog subject "Chemical ecology.".
- catalog subject "QH541.15.C44 A38 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Bombardier beetles and fever trees : a close-up look at chemical warfare and signals in animals and plants / William Agosta.".
- catalog type "text".