Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 12
Contributors......Page 16
PART I: The Nature of Predation and Predator-Prey Interactions......Page 20
1 Predaceous Herbivores and Herbivorous Predators: The Biology of Omnivores and the Ecology of Omnivore-Prey Interactions......Page 22
2 Mutualisms as Consumer-Resource Interactions......Page 36
3 Learning as an Adaptive Response to Predation......Page 53
4 Patterns of Inheritance of Foraging Traits in Predators......Page 74
PART II: Sensory, Physiological, and Behavioral Perspectives......Page 92
5 Acoustic Interactions between Insects and Bats: A Model for the Interplay of Neural and Ecological Specializations......Page 96
6 The Visual Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions......Page 124
7 The Production and Appropriation of Chemical Signals among Plants, Herbivores, and Predators......Page 158
8 Perception of Predation Risk: The Foundation of Nonlethal Predator-Prey Interactions......Page 185
9 Constraints on Inducible Defenses: Phylogeny, Ontogeny, and Phenotypic Trade-Offs......Page 208
PART III: Population- and Community-Level Interactions......Page 228
10 Direct and Indirect Effects of Vegetation Structure and Habitat Complexity on Predator-Prey and Predator-Predator Interactions......Page 230
11 Predator-Prey Space Use as an Emergent Outcome of a Behavioral Response Race......Page 259
12 Behavior of Predators and Prey and Links with Population-Level Processes......Page 275
13 The Consequences of Predator and Prey Adaptations for Top-Down and Bottom-Up Effects......Page 298
PART IV: Applied Consequences of Predator-Prey Interactions......Page 318
14 Top-Down Forces in Managed versus Unmanaged Habitats......Page 322
15 Conservation Biological Control: Biodiversity Influences the Effectiveness of Predators......Page 343
16 Species Abundance Distribution and Predator-Prey Interactions: Theoretical and Applied Consequences......Page 363
17 Plight of Predators: The Importance of Carnivores for Understanding Patterns of Biodiversity and Extinction Risk......Page 389
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V......Page 413