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Title
Predator-prey interactions : co-evolution between bats and their prey / David Steve Jacobs, Anna Bastian.
ISBN
9783319324920 (electronic book)
3319324926 (electronic book)
9783319324906
331932490X
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
QL737.C5
Dewey Decimal Classification
599.4
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 16, 2017).
Series
SpringerBriefs in animal sciences.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 331932490X
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?. .
