Predator ecology : evolutionary ecology of the functional response /

Predator ecology : evolutionary ecology of the functional response /

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Author / Creator:DeLong, John P. (John Paul), author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
©2021
Description:1 online resource (viii, 168 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Subject:
Predation (Biology)
Evolution (Biology)
Predatory Behavior
Evolution (Biology)
Predation (Biology)
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12694200
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ISBN:9780191914980
0191914983
9780192648082
019264808X
9780192895509
Notes:This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2021).
Summary: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.
Target Audience:Specialized.
Other form:Print version: DeLong, John P. Predator ecology. First edition. Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021 0192895508

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