Avoiding Attack: The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Warning Signals and Mimicry by Michael P. Speed, Thomas N. Sherratt, Graeme D. Ruxton

Avoiding Attack: The Evolutionary Ecology of Crypsis, Warning Signals and Mimicry

Michael P. Speed, Thomas N. Sherratt, Graeme D. Ruxton

260 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced

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This book discusses the diversity of mechanisms by which prey avoid attack by predators and explores how such defensive mechanisms have evolved through natural selection. It considers how potential prey avoid detection, how they make themselves un...

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