Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals

In "Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals, Tim Caro ambitiously synthesizes predator defenses in birds and mammals and integrates all functional and evolutionary perspectives on antipredator defenses that have developed over the last century. Structured chronologically along a hypothetical sequence of predation--Caro evokes a gazelle fawn desperate to survive a cheetah attack to illustrate the continuum of the evolution of antipredator defenses--"Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals considers the defenses that prey use to avoid detection by predators; the benefits of living in groups; morphological and behavioral defenses in individuals and groups; and, finally, flight and adaptations of last resort. "Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals will be of interest to both specialists and general readers interested in ecological issues. Zusammenfassung Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals will be of interest to both specialists and general readers interested in ecological issues.

Product details

• Authors: T. M. Caro, T. M./ Girling Caro, Tim Caro, Caro Tim
• Assisted by: Sheila Girling (Illustration)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2005
• EAN: 9780226094366
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09436-6
• No. of pages: 592
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Interspecific Interactions (Pa; Interspecific Interactions; Interspecific Interactions (Pa
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries