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Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals Paperback - 2005
by Tim Caro; Sheila Girling (Illustrator)
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- Title Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals
- Author Tim Caro; Sheila Girling (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
- Date 2005-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780226094366 / 0226094367
- Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
- Dimensions 9.04 x 6.1 x 1.28 in (22.96 x 15.49 x 3.25 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Birds - Defenses, Mammals - Defenses
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004026464
- Dewey Decimal Code 598.11
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New. In nature, the ability to defend against predators is fundamental to an animal's survival. From the giraffes that rely on their spotted coats to blend into the patchy light of their woodland habitats to the South American sea lions that pile themselves in heaps to ward off the killer whales that prey on them in the shallow surf, defense strategies in the animal kingdom are seemingly innumerable. In Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals, Tim Caro ambitiously synthesizes predator defenses in birds and mammals and integrates all functional and evolutionary perspectives on antipredator defenses that have developed over the last century. Structured chronologically along a hypothetical sequence of predation - Caro evokes a gazelle fawn desperate to survive a cheetah attack to illustrate the continuum of the evolution of antipredator defenses - Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals considers the defenses that prey use to avoid detection by predators; the benefits of living in groups;…
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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2005. Paperback. New. illustrated edition. 592 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.25 inches.
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