Ashraf M.T. Elewa (ed.)

Predation in Organisms

A Distinct Phenomenon
Herausgegeben:Elewa, Ashraf M.T.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Predation is considered one of the distinct phenomena related to the interrelationships between species on the Earth. In general, predation is widespread not only in wildlife but also in marine environments where big fishes eat small fishes and other organisms of the sea. This book considers predation in organisms and is aimed at the prevention of predation in wildlife and marine environments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-540-46044-2
• Seitenzahl: 311
• Erscheinungstermin: November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9783540460442
• ISBN-10: 3540460446
• Artikelnr.: 20913059

Inhaltsangabe

An introduction to predation in organisms.- Predation due to changes in environment: Ostracod provinciality at the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum in North and West Africa and the Middle East.- Predation on Miocene ostracods of Wadi Um Ashtan, Mersa Matruh, Western Desert, Egypt.- Ostracod carnivory through time.- Trophic relationships in crustacean decapods of a river with a floodplain.- The role of predation in shaping biological communities, with particular emphasis to insects.- Biological control of mosquito populations: An applied aspect of pest control by means of natural enemies.- A case for cannibalism: Confamilial and conspecific predation by naticid gastropods, Cretaceous through Pleistocene of the United States Coastal Plain.- On models for the dynamics of predator-prey interaction.- Evolutionary consequences of predation: avoidance, escape, reproduction, and diversification.- Predation impacts and management strategies for wildlife protection.- Invasive Predators: a synthesis of the past, present, and future.- Predator-prey interaction of Brazilian Cretaceous toothed pterosaurs: a case example.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"This book is a collection of 13 chapters (including the Introduction) on various aspects of predation ... . Its 24 contributors from nine countries wrote chapters of variable length ... . Overall, libraries may want a copy of it ... ." (Jonathan M. Jeschke, Basic and Applied Ecology, Issue 9, 2008)