Predator-Prey Interactions: Co-evolution between Bats and Their Prey / by David Steve Jacobs, Anna Bastian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, David Steve, author.

Bastian, Anna, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

SpringerBriefs in animal sciences 2211-7504

SpringerBriefs in Animal Sciences, 2211-7504

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life sciences.

Animal ecology.

Evolution (Biology).

Physiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

System Details:

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Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive review of the evolution of traits associated with predation and predator defense for bats and all of their prey, both invertebrates (e.g. insects) and vertebrates (e.g. frogs), in the context of co-evolution. It reviews current knowledge of how echolocation and passive hearing are used by bats to hunt prey in complete darkness. Also it highlights how prey have evolved counter measures to bat echolocation to avoid detection and capture. This includes the whole range of prey responses from being active at times when bats are inactive to the use of acoustic signals of their own to interfere with the echolocation system of bats.

Contents:

Chapter 1: An introduction to evolution and co-evolution

Chapter 2: Bat echolocation: Adaptations for prey detection and capture

Chapter 3: Non-auditory defenses of prey against bat predation

Chapter 4: Passive and active acoustic defenses of prey against bat predation

Chapter 5: Eavesdropping on mating calls: Have bats and frogs co-evolved?

Chapter 6: Aerial warfare: Have bats and moths co-evolved?

Chapter 7: Co-evolution: What is there left to learn?. .

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783319324920

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