Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators (Animal Behavior Series) - Softcover
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This work takes a fresh, modern approach to investigate and explain the predator and prey relationships of insects and spiders, the major terrestrial fauna on earth. Devoted to broad and in-depth analysis of arthropod defenses against predators, the book's approach is both experimentally and theoretically based with major emphasis on evolution, predator strategies and tactics, and prey defensive adaptations and behaviors.
The authors explain such topics as cryptic and aposematic coloration, the conflict between sexual and survival needs, web spider prey choice and evolution of prey counter defenses, predator-prey interactions and the origins of intelligence, bird predatory tactics, and caterpillar defense strategies. Also examined is the use of timing for fitness and survival, evolutionary gamesmanship in the predatory bat-moth relationship, colony defense by aper wasps, startle as a defense by moths, aggregation as a defense, chemicals as defenses, plant chemicals as defenses, and venoms as defenses. The authors illustrate each topic with numerous specific well-documented examples presented in a clear, readable style.
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David L. Evans is a naturalist at Beaverbrook Reservation in Belmont, Massachusetts.
Justin O. Schmidt is a biologist at the Southwestern Biological Institute in Tucson, Arizona.
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Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators (Animal Behavior Series)
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State Univ of New York Pr, 1990
ISBN 10: 0791406164
ISBN 13: 9780791406168
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Anbieter: Riverby Books (DC Inventory), Fredericksburg, VA, USA
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paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Softcover. Green and brown wraps with black and white text across covers and along spine. Corners are bumped, hinges are creased and very faintly faded. Fading does not extend further onto covers, no lettering marred. Small white sticker reading "ON EN" placed at foot of spine, referring to former owner Lincoln Brower's bibliographical organization system, Endnote. Brower was a noteworthy conservationist and butterfly expert, and this book comes from his library. Otherwise clean, still glossy. "LP Brower, pur. Aug. 91, ON EN" written on FFEP. Pages are otherwise clean, crisp, and bright. Binding is tight and secure. State University of New York Press. Copyright dated 1990. A very nice copy. We?ve got a wonderful bookcase or two of books from Lincoln Brower?s collection listed here. Everything you know about Monarch Butterflies, you know because of Brower?s work, both scientific and outreach. He was a great teacher, an important researcher, a torch-bearing conservationist, and a leading light in lepidoptery. We are extremely excited to offer his books. We ship everyday from a real neighborhood bookstore. This description is written by an actual person, who is holding the book in front of them to make sure it?s properly described. Please contact us with questions or if you would like to see photographs. Artikel-Nr. Brower-167
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