LEADER 04450nam 22006975 450 001 9910159385703321 005 20251013100126.0 010 $a3-319-50317-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-50317-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000001019204 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-50317-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4786392 035 $a(PPN)198340958 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001019204 100 $a20170111d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry /$fby Timo Maran 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (X, 164 p. 10 illus., 6 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aBiosemiotics,$x1875-4651 ;$v16 311 08$a3-319-50315-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1 Biosemiotics of mimicry: introductory notes -- 2 First excursion: the history of the mimicry concept -- 3 The structure of mimicry -- 4 Semiotics of mimicry -- 5 Iconicity and mimicry -- 6 Second excursion: importance of the object -- 7 Different perspectives in mimicry system -- 8 Modelling mimicry.-9 Mimicry and semiotic evolution -- 10 Third excursion: an epistemology of the uncertain -- 11 From abstract mimicry to ecological codes -- 12 Conclusions. 330 $aThe present book analyses critically the tripartite mimicry model (consisting of the mimic, model and receiver species) and develops semiotic tools for comparative analysis. It is proposed that mimicry has a double structure where sign relations in communication are in constant interplay with ecological relations between species. Multi-constructivism and toolbox-like conceptual methods are advocated for, as these allow taking into account both the participants? Umwelten as well as cultural meanings related to specific mimicry cases. From biosemiotic viewpoint, mimicry is a sign relation, where deceptively similar messages are perceived, interpreted and acted upon. Focusing on living subjects and their communication opens up new ways to understand mimicry. Such view helps to explain the diversity of mimicry as well as mimicry studies and treat these in a single framework. On a meta-level, a semiotic view allows critical reflection on the use of mimicry concept in modern biology. The author further discusses interpretations of mimicry in contemporary semiotics, analyses mimicry as communicative interaction, relates mimicry to iconic signs and focuses on abstract resemblances in mimicry. Theoretical discussions are illustrated with detailed excursions into practical mimicry cases in nature (brood parasitism, eyespots, myrmecomorphy, etc.). The book concludes with a conviction that mimicry should be treated in a broader semiotic-ecological context as it presumes the existence of ecological codes and other sign conventions in the ecosystem. 410 0$aBiosemiotics,$x1875-4651 ;$v16 606 $aEcology 606 $aBotany 606 $aBotany 606 $aSemantics 606 $aAnatomy 606 $aSystems biology 606 $aEcology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L19007 606 $aPlant Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L24000 606 $aSemantics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/N39000 606 $aAnimal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L25015 606 $aSystems Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L15010 615 0$aEcology. 615 0$aBotany. 615 0$aBotany. 615 0$aSemantics. 615 0$aAnatomy. 615 0$aSystems biology. 615 14$aEcology. 615 24$aPlant Sciences. 615 24$aSemantics. 615 24$aAnimal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology. 615 24$aSystems Biology. 676 $a574.57 700 $aMaran$b Timo$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0937022 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159385703321 996 $aMimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry$92110394 997 $aUNINA