Natural enemies : the population biology of predators, parasites, and diseases /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Crawley, Michael J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1992.
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Table of Contents:
  • Evolution of exploiter: victim relationships / Jon Seger
  • Correlates of carnivory: approaches and answers / Paul H. Harvey & John L. Gittleman
  • Population dynamics of natural enemies and their prey / Michael J. Crawley
  • Foraging theory / Michael J. Crawley & John R. Krebs
  • Large carnivores and their prey: the quick and the dead / T.M. Caro & Clare D. Fitzgibbon
  • Birds of prey / Ian Newton
  • Insectivorous mammals / Ilkka Hanski
  • Marine mammals / Simon Northridge & John Beddington
  • Marine invertebrates / A.J. Underwood & P.G. Fairweather
  • Predatory arthropods / Maurice W. Sabelis
  • Population biology of insect parasitoids / Michael P. Hassell & H. Charles J. Godfray
  • Bloodsucking arthropods / Christopher Dye
  • Spiders as representative 'sit-and-wait' predators / Susan E. Riechert
  • Macroparasites: worms and others / Andrew P. Dobson, Peter J. Hudson & Annarie M. Lyles
  • Macroparasites: viruses and bacteria / D. James Nokes
  • Predator psychology and the evolution of prey coloration / Tim Guilford
  • Natural enemies and community dynamics / Andrew Redfearn & Stuart L. Pimm.
  • (cont) Biological control / Jeff K. Waage & Nick J. Mills
  • Dynamics of predator-prey and resource-harvester systems / Robert M. May & Charlotte H. Watts
  • Prey defence and predator foraging / Stephen B. Malcolm
  • Overview / Michael J. Crawley.