Ecology of predator-prey interactions/ edited by Pedro Barbosa and Ignacio Castellanos.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. The nature of predation and predator-prey interactions. Predaceous herbivores and herbivorous predators: the biology of omnivores and the ecology of omnivore-prey interactions / Micky D. Eubanks -- Mutualisms as consumer-resource interactions / J. Nathaniel Holland, Joshua H. Ness, Alice Boyle, and Judith L. Bronstein -- Learning as an adaptive response to predation / Grant E. Brown and Douglas P. Chivers -- Patterns of inheritance of foraging traits in predators / Susan E. Riechert -- Part II. Sensory, physiological, and behavioral perspectives. Acoustic interactions between insects and bats: a model for the interplay of neural and ecological specializations / Jeff D. Triblehorn and David D. Yager -- The visual ecology of predator-prey interactions / Thomas W. Cronin -- The production and appropriation of chemical signals among plants, herbivores, and predators / Matthew H. Greenstone and Joseph C. Dickens -- Perception of predation risk: the foundation of non-lethal predator-prey interactions / Steven L. Lima and Todd D. Steury -- Constraints on inducible defenses: phylogeny, ontogeny, and phenotypic trade-offs / Rick A. Relyea -- Part III. Population- and community-level interactions. Direct and indirect effects of vegetation structure and habitat complexity on predator-prey and predator-predator interactions / Robert F. Denno, Deborah L. Finke, and Gail. A. Langellotto -- Predator-prey space use as an emergent outcome of a behavioral response race / Andrew Sih -- Behavior of predators and prey and links with population-level processes / Oswald J. Schmitz -- The consequences of predator and prey adaptations for top-down and bottom-up effects / Peter A. Abrams -- Part IV. Applied consequences of predator-prey interactions. Top-down forces in managed versus unmanaged habitats / John Stireman, Lee A. Dyer and Robert Matlock -- Conservation biological control: biodiversity influences the effectiveness of predators / William E. Snyder, Gary C. Chang, and Rene?e P. Prasad -- Species abundance distribution and predator-prey interactions: theoretical and applied consequences / Pedro Barbosa, Astrid Caldas, and Susan E. Riechert -- Plight of predators: the importance of carnivores for understanding patterns of biodiversity and extinction risk / John L. Gittleman and Matthew E. Gompper.

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