Semiotic interpretations of biological mimicry

Semiotica

Volumn 167, Issue , 2007, Pages 223-248

  Maran, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Abstract mimicry; Ambivalent sign; Biological mimicry; Biosemiotics; Iconicity; Mimicry systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249153701     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/SEM.2007.077     Document Type: Article

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