Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions

Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions
Title Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions PDF eBook
Author Pedro Barbosa
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 709
Release 2005-08-11
Genre Science
ISBN 019988367X

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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.

Predator and Prey: A Conversation in Verse

Predator and Prey: A Conversation in Verse
Title Predator and Prey: A Conversation in Verse PDF eBook
Author Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Publisher Candlewick Studio
Pages 25
Release 2019-04-09
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0763695335

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Who is the predator, and who is the prey? Illuminating poetry and vivid artwork capture the awe-inspiring ways that creatures use their resources to stay alive. Who wins, the assassin bug or the spider? The bat or the frog? The ant or the honey bee? The male firefly . . . or the female? The battle for survival between predator and prey is sometimes a fight, sometimes a dance, and often involves spying, lying, or even telling the truth to get ahead. Biologist and debut author Susannah Buhrman-Deever explores these clashes in poems and prose explanations that offer both sides of the story. With beautiful, realistic illustrations that are charged with drama, Bert Kitchen captures the breathtaking moments when predator meets prey. Readers who hunger for more about the art of survival will find an extensive list of references in the back.

Predator–Prey Interactions: Co-evolution between Bats and Their Prey

Predator–Prey Interactions: Co-evolution between Bats and Their Prey
Title Predator–Prey Interactions: Co-evolution between Bats and Their Prey PDF eBook
Author David Steve Jacobs
Publisher Springer
Pages 141
Release 2017-02-08
Genre Science
ISBN 3319324926

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This book provides a comprehensive review of the evolution of traits associated with predation and predator defense for bats and all of their prey, both invertebrates (e.g. insects) and vertebrates (e.g. frogs), in the context of co-evolution. It reviews current knowledge of how echolocation and passive hearing are used by bats to hunt prey in complete darkness. Also it highlights how prey have evolved counter measures to bat echolocation to avoid detection and capture. This includes the whole range of prey responses from being active at times when bats are inactive to the use of acoustic signals of their own to interfere with the echolocation system of bats.

Predator-Prey Dynamics

Predator-Prey Dynamics
Title Predator-Prey Dynamics PDF eBook
Author Michael R. Conover
Publisher CRC Press
Pages 266
Release 2007-03-30
Genre Nature
ISBN 1420009125

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Humans, being visually oriented, are well versed in camouflage and how animals hide from predators that use vision to locate prey. However, many predators do not hunt by sight; they hunt by scent. This raises the question: do survival mechanisms and behaviors exist which allow animals to hide from these olfactory predators? If so, what are they, a

Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record

Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record
Title Predator-Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record PDF eBook
Author Patricia H. Kelley
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 488
Release 2012-12-06
Genre Science
ISBN 146150161X

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From the Foreword: "Predator-prey interactions are among the most significant of all organism-organism interactions....It will only be by compiling and evaluating data on predator-prey relations as they are recorded in the fossil record that we can hope to tease apart their role in the tangled web of evolutionary interaction over time. This volume, compiled by a group of expert specialists on the evidence of predator-prey interactions in the fossil record, is a pioneering effort to collate the information now accumulating in this important field. It will be a standard reference on which future study of one of the central dynamics of ecology as seen in the fossil record will be built." (Richard K. Bambach, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech, Associate of the Botanical Museum, Harvard University)

Prey

Prey
Title Prey PDF eBook
Author Steve Perry
Publisher Spectra
Pages 276
Release 1994
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780553565553

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Unbeknownst to the colonists on Ryushi, the planet is the setting for hunting games between the Predators and the prey they have bred for this purpose, and Machiko Noguchi and the other ranchers must fight for survival.

Predator and Prey

Predator and Prey
Title Predator and Prey PDF eBook
Author Christopher Golden
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 306
Release 2002-11-15
Genre Juvenile Fiction
ISBN 0743428153

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they're real, and they're here.... Prowlers Jack Dwyer can see dead people, and they can see him. In fact, he has made a regular practice of communicating with his dead friend Artie from the Ghostlands, where Artie's spirit wanders. Artie helps keep Jack apprised of Prowler activity, and Jack, along with his sister, Courtney, and their friends, tracks these violent killers down and stops them. Artie's latest piece of information is startling: a vicious beast known as the Ravenous is stalking the Ghostlands. It's Jack's turn to help the endangered spirits -- without endangering himself. He's got some help from a woman who is not quite as young as she seems -- but the Ravenous has got his scent. Meanwhile Jasmine, pack leader and dangerous hunter, has issued a hit on Jack and his friends. But if he consults his allies in the Ghostlands for help, Jack will attract the Ravenous. It's a double-edged sword -- and Jack's not sure he can avoid being cut....