Propaganda, Crypsis, and Slave-making

摘要: In complex ecological communities, the ability to survive and reproduce is often tenuous at best. Many organisms do so by simply “bullying” their way through life, but for many others a more furtive approach necessary. These latter animals resort either blending into environment, or mimicking specific species-characteristic cues of other, usually dominant, members community. Sometimes, rather than taking such defensive approach, they instead an offensive using what have been called propaganda substances. They may even combine both approaches as has found some slave-making ants. Although variety be used produce these various strategies, far most commonly are chemical, will only ones considered in this chapter.