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

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

Book Overview

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"