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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beauchamp, Guy (Author)
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Gale virtual reference library
Subjects:	Predation (Biology) Animal societies. Predatory animals > Behavior. Animal defenses. Social behavior in animals. Animal communities. Animal behavior. Social Behavior Behavior, Animal Predatory Behavior Prédation (Biologie) Sociétés animales. Prédateurs > Mœurs et comportement. Animaux > Moyens de défense. Comportement social chez les animaux. Communautés animales. Animaux > Mœurs et comportement. NATURE > Animals > Fish. SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology. Animal behavior Animal communities Animal defenses Animal societies Predatory animals > Behavior Social behavior in animals Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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.