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Predator ecology : evolutionary ecology of the functional response
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ISBN: 9780192895509 9780192895516 0192895508 0192895516 Year: 2021 Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press,

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Predator-prey interactions are ubiquitous, govern the flow of energy up trophic levels, and strongly influence the structure of ecological systems. They are typically quantified using the functional response - the relationship between a predator's foraging rate and the availability of food. As such, the functional response is central to how all ecological communities function - since all communities contain foragers - and a principal driver of the abundance, diversity, and dynamics of ecological communities. The functional response also reflects all the behaviors, traits, and strategies that predators use to hunt prey and that prey use to evade predation. It is thus both a clear reflection of past evolution, including predator-prey arms races, and a major force driving the future evolution of both predator and prey. Despite their importance, there have been remarkably few attempts to synthesize or even briefly review functional responses. This novel and accessible book fills this gap, clearly demonstrating their crucial role as the link between individuals, evolution, and community properties, representing a highly-integrated and measurable aspect of ecological function. It provides a clear entry point for students, a refresher for more advanced researchers, and a motivator for future research. "Predator Ecology" is an advanced textbook suitable for graduate students and researchers in ecology and evolutionary biology seeking a broad, up-to-date, and authoritative coverage of the field. It will also be of relevance and use to mathematical ecologists, wildlife biologists, and anyone interested in predator-prey interactions.


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The Serengeti lion; : a study of predator-prey relations
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ISBN: 0226736393 9780226736396 Year: 1972 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,


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The predator-prey model : do we live in a Volterra world?
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ISBN: 0387818480 9780387818481 3211818480 9783211818480 Year: 1986 Publisher: Wien,New York : Springer,

Man the hunted
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ISBN: 0813339367 0429978715 0429967632 0429499086 078672594X 9780786725946 9780813344034 0813344034 9780429499081 9780429967634 9780429978715 9780813339368 Year: 2009 Publisher: Boulder, CO Westview Press

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A provocative view of human evolution that contends early humans occupied a far more vulnerable position in the food chain than we like to imagine.


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Dans l'oeil du crocodile : l'humanité comme proie
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ISBN: 9782381140049 2381140042 Year: 2021 Publisher: Montréal, Québec ; Marseille : Wildproject,

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Un livre fondateur de l'écoféminisme et des humanités écologiques En février 1985, Val Plumwood survécut à une attaque de crocodile dans le parc national de Kakadu, en Australie. Après avoir longuement réfléchi à cette expérience, elle écrivit un texte. Loin d'être un simple récit d'aventure, celui-ci s'interroge sur le sens de nos vies et aborde des problèmes philosophiques cruciaux pour notre époque.Inspiré par les récits mythologiques des Aborigènes australiens et des Egyptiens de l'Antiquité, Val percevait le crocodile comme un trickster, une créature permettant de juger le comportement des êtres humains dévoyés. Suivant une métaphore biblique, on pourrait dire que le crocodile juge sévèrement la prétention des êtres humains à dominer un monde malléable.


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The spotted hyena : a study of predation and social behavior
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ISBN: 0226455076 Year: 1972 Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press,


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Human predators and prey mortality
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ISBN: 081338365X Year: 1991 Publisher: Boulder : Westview Press,


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Animal vigilance : monitoring predators and competitors
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ISBN: 9780128019948 0128019948 0128019832 9780128019832 Year: 2015 Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier,

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Animal Vigilance builds on the author's previous publication with Academic Press (Social Predation: How Group Living Benefits Predators and Prey) by developing several other themes including the development and mechanisms underlying vigilance, as well as developing more fully the evolution and function of vigilance. Animal vigilance has been at the forefront of research on animal behavior for many years, but no comprehensive review of this topic has existed. Students of animal behavior have focused on many aspects of animal vigilance, from models of its adaptive value to empirical research


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The Dynamics of Competition and Predation
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ISBN: 0713125845 0713125853 9780713125849 Year: 1976 Volume: 72 Publisher: London Arnold

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