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Avoiding attack : the evolutionary ecology of crypsis, aposematism, and mimicry / Graeme D. Ruxton, William L. Allen, Thomas N. Sherratt, and Michael P. Speed.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ruxton, Graeme D., author.
Allen, William L., author.
Sherratt, Thomas N., author.
Speed, Michael Patrick, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Animal defenses.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Edition:
Second edition.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Summary:
This work discusses the evolution of the mechanisms by which prey avoid attack by their potential predators and questions how such defences are maintained through natural selection. Topics covered include camouflage, warning signals and mimicry.
Notes:
This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 2, 2018).
ISBN:
0-19-100263-1
0-19-186849-3

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