Social predation : how group living benefits predators and prey /

The classic literature on predation dealt almost exclusively with solitary predators and their prey. Going back to Lotka-Volterra and optimal foraging theory, the theory about predation, including predator-prey population dynamics, was developed for solitary species. Various consequences of socialit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beauchamp, Guy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Gale virtual reference library
Temas:
Predation (Biology)
Animal societies.
Predatory animals > Behavior.
Animal defenses.
Social behavior in animals.
Animal communities.
Animal behavior.
Social Behavior
Behavior, Animal
Predatory Behavior
Pr�edation (Biologie)
Soci�et�es animales.
Pr�edateurs > M�urs et comportement.
Animaux > Moyens de d�efense.
Comportement social chez les animaux.
Communaut�es animales.
Animaux > M�urs et comportement.
NATURE > Animals > Fish.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Finding and exploiting food in groups
  • Producing and scrounging
  • Antipredator ploys
  • Antipredator vigilance : theory and testing the assumptions
  • Antipredator vigilance : detection and the group-size effect
  • The selfish herd
  • Group size and composition
  • Mixed-species groups
  • Evolutionary issues.

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