Caro: Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals

2005 | Kart, F: 15,2x23 cm, 592 S, 15 Schwarzweißfotos, 130 Zeichnungen von Sheila Girling, 90 Tabellen. | WG: Buch | | 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. | E |