03745nam 22005655 450 991015164210332120241030220909.010.7208/9780226411156(CKB)3710000000948617(MiAaPQ)EBC4745273(StDuBDS)EDZ0001605125(DE-B1597)523229(OCoLC)963934629(DE-B1597)9780226411156(EXLCZ)99371000000094861720200424h20162016 fg engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierZebra Stripes /Tim CaroChicago :University of Chicago Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (319 pages)Previously issued in print: 2016.Print version : 9780226411019 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Preface and acknowledgments --1. Stripes and equids --2. Predation and crypsis --3. Predation and aposematism --4. Predation and confusion --5. Ectoparasites --6. Intraspecific communication --7. Temperature regulation --8. Multifactorial analyses --9. The case for biting flies --Appendix 1 --Appendix 2 --Appendix 3 --Appendix 4 --Appendix 5 --Appendix 6 --Appendix 7 --References --IndexFrom eminent biologists like Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin to famous authors such as Rudyard Kipling in his Just So Stories, many people have asked, "Why do zebras have stripes?" There are many explanations, but until now hardly any have been seriously addressed or even tested. In Zebra Stripes, Tim Caro takes readers through a decade of painstaking fieldwork examining the significance of black-and-white striping and, after systematically dismissing every hypothesis for these markings with new data, he arrives at a surprising conclusion: zebra markings are nature's defense against biting fly annoyance. Popular explanations for stripes range from camouflage to confusion of predators, social facilitation, and even temperature regulation. It is a serious challenge to test these proposals on large animals living in the wild, but using a combination of careful observations, simple field experiments, comparative information, and logic, Caro is able to weigh up the pros and cons of each idea. Eventually-driven by experiments showing that biting flies avoid landing on striped surfaces, observations that striping is most intense where biting flies are abundant, and knowledge of zebras' susceptibility to biting flies and vulnerability to the diseases that flies carry-Caro concludes that black-and-white stripes are an adaptation to thwart biting fly attack. Not just a tale of one scientist's quest to solve a classic mystery of biology, Zebra Stripes is also a testament to the tremendous value of longitudinal research in behavioral ecology, demonstrating how observation, experiment, and comparative research can together reshape our understanding of the natural world.ZebrasColorStripesProtective coloration (Biology)adaptive significance.black and white coloration.equids.evolution.hypothesis testing.zebras.ZebrasColor.Stripes.Protective coloration (Biology)599.66571472Caro Timauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut921847DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910151642103321Zebra Stripes2068339UNINA04738nam 2201273z- 450 991055728750332120210501(CKB)5400000000041165(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68829(oapen)doab68829(EXLCZ)99540000000004116520202105d2020 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSonic and Photonic CrystalsBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20201 online resource (294 p.)3-03936-660-2 3-03936-661-0 Sonic/phononic crystals termed acoustic/sonic band gap media are elastic analogues of photonic crystals and have also recently received renewed attention in many acoustic applications. 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