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Title Ecology of predator-prey interactions / edited by Pedro Barbosa and Ignacio Castellanos.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 394 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents pt. I The nature of predation and predator-prey interactions : Predaceous herbivores and herbivorous predators: the biology of omnivores and the ecology of omnivore-prey interactions / Micky D. Eubanks -- Mutualisms as consumer-resource interactions / J. Nathaniel Holland, Joshua H. Ness, Alice Boyle, Judith L. Bronstein -- Learning as an adaptive response to predation / Grant E. Brown, Douglas P. Chivers -- Patterns of inheritance of foraging traits in predators / Susan E. Riechert.
pt. II Sensory, physiological, and behavioral perspectives : Acoustic interactions between insects and bats: a model for the interplay of neural and ecological specializations / Jeffrey D. Triblehorn, David D. Yager -- Visual ecology of predator-prey interactions / Thomas W. Cronin -- Production and appropriation of chemical signals among plants, herbivores, and predators / Matthew H. Greenstone, Joseph C. Dickens -- Perception of predation risk: the foundation of nonlethal predator-prey interactions / Steven L. Lima, Todd D. Steury -- Constraints on inducible defenses: phylogeny, ontogeny, and phenotypic trade-offs / Rick A. Relyea.
pt. III Population- and community-level interactions : Direct and indirect effects of vegetation structure and habitat complexity on predator-prey and predator-predator interactions / Robert F. Denno, Deborah L. Finke, Gail A. Langellotto -- Predator-prey space use as an emergent outcome of a behavioral response race / Andrew Sih -- Behavior of predators and prey and links with population-level processes / Oswald J. Schmitz -- Consequences of predator and prey adaptations for top-down and bottom-up effects / Peter A. Abrams.
pt. IV Applied consequences of predator-prey interactions : Top-down forces in managed versus unmanaged habitats / John Stireman, Lee A. Dyer, Robert Matlock -- Conservation biological control: biodiversity influences the effectiveness of predators / William E. Snyder, Gary C. Chang, Renée P. Prasad -- Species abundance distribution and predator-prey interactions: theoretical and applied consequences / Pedro Barbosa, Astrid Caldas, Susan E. Reichert -- Plight of predators: the importance of carnivores for understanding patterns of biodiversity and extinction risk / John L. Gittleman, Matthew E. Gompper.
Summary This book addresses the fundamental issues of predator-prey interactions, with an emphasis on predation among arthropods, which have been better studied, and for which the database is more extensive than for the large and rare vertebrate predators. The book should appeal to ecologists interested in the broad issue of predation effects on communities.
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Subject Predation (Biology)
Predation (Biology)
Predatory animals -- Ecology.
Predatory animals -- Ecology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Barbosa, Pedro, 1944-
Castellanos, Ignacio.
Other Form: Print version: Ecology of predator-prey interactions. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005 0195171209 (DLC) 2004014732 (OCoLC)55738235
ISBN 9780199874545 (electronic book)
0199874549 (electronic book)
0195171209
9780195171204