Predator ecology : evolutionary ecology of the functional response / John P. DeLong. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeLong, John P. (John Paul), author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Predation (Biology).

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Predator-prey interactions are ubiquitous, govern the flow of energy up trophic levels, and strongly influence the structure of ecological systems. They are typically quantified using the functional response - the relationship between a predator's foraging rate and the availability of food. As such, the functional response is central to how all ecological communities function - since all communities contain foragers - and a principal driver of the abundance, diversity, and dynamics of ecological communities. The functional response also reflects all the behaviors, traits, and strategies that predators use to hunt prey and that prey use to evade predation. It is thus both a clear reflection of past evolution, including predator-prey arms races, and a major force driving the future evolution of both predator and prey.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2021).

This edition also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-191498-3