Avoiding Attack: The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Aposematism, and Mimicry

by Graeme D. Ruxton, Thomas N. Sherratt, Michael P. Speed, et al.

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Avoiding Attack discusses the diversity of mechanisms by which prey avoid predator attacks and explores how such defensive mechanisms have evolved through natural selection. It considers how potential prey avoid detection, how they make themselves unprofitable to attack, how they communicate this status, and how other species have exploited these signals. Using carefully selected examples of camouflage, mimicry, and warning signals drawn from a wide...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199688680

ISBN13:9780199688685

Release Date:September 2018

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.63 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 7.4" x 9.6"

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