Avoiding attack: the evolutionary ecology of crypsis, warning signals and mimicry
Auteur :
Ruxton, Graeme D.
Éditeur :
Ruxton, Graeme D.Sherratt, Tom N.,Speed, Mike,
ISBN :
9780198528593
Date de publication :
1 déc. 2004
Dimensions :
25,3 x 19,4 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
742 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Discusses the diversity of mechanisms by which prey avoid attack by predators and explores how such defensive mechanisms have evolved. This book considers how potential prey avoid detection, how they make themselves unprofitable to attack, how they signal their unprofitability, and how other species have exploited these signals.