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How not to be eaten

  1. Title statementHow not to be eaten : the insects fight back / Gilbert Waldbauer
    Personal name Waldbauer, Gilbert (author)
    PublicationCA : University of California Press, 2012
    Phys.des.1 online zdroj (237 stran)
    ISBN9780520952461 (online ; pdf)
    0520952464
    1283373548
    9781283373548
    0520269128
    9780520269125
    Internal Bibliographies/Indexes NoteObsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík
    ContentsCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgments; 1. Insects in the Web of Life; 2. The Eaters of Insects; 3. Fleeing and Staying under Cover; 4. Hiding in Plain Sight; 5. Bird Dropping Mimicry and Other Disguises; 6. Flash Colors and Eyespots; 7. Safety in Numbers; 8. Defensive Weapons and Warning Signals; 9. The Predators' Countermeasures; 10. Protection by Deception; Epilogue; Selected References; Index.
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    NoteZpůsob přístupu: World Wide Web
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    Subj. Headings entomologie entomology * hmyz insects
    Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books
    Conspect59 - Zoologie
    UDC 595.7 , (0.034.2:08)
    CountryKalifornie
    Languageangličtina
    Document kindElectronic sources
    URLhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=419920
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    All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of animal food available for potential consumption. How do they avoid being eaten? From masterful disguises to physical and chemical lures and traps, predatory insects have devised ingenious and bizarre methods of finding food. Equally ingenious are the means of hiding, mimicry, escape, and defense waged by prospective prey in order to stay alive. This absorbing book demonstrates that the relationship between the eaten and.

    Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Prologue; Acknowledgments; 1. Insects in the Web of Life; 2. The Eaters of Insects; 3. Fleeing and Staying under Cover; 4. Hiding in Plain Sight; 5. Bird Dropping Mimicry and Other Disguises; 6. Flash Colors and Eyespots; 7. Safety in Numbers; 8. Defensive Weapons and Warning Signals; 9. The Predators' Countermeasures; 10. Protection by Deception; Epilogue; Selected References; Index.

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