Mimicry and Meaning: Structure and Semiotics of Biological Mimicry

Timo Maran is Editor in Chief of Biosemiotics journal.

• 1 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

“This volume provides rich examples from the natural world, raises interesting questions about mimicry, and provides an interesting introduction to biosemiotics.” (Daniel Hanley, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 93 (4), December, 2018)