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How not to be eaten
Title statement How not to be eaten : the insects fight back / Gilbert Waldbauer Personal name Waldbauer, Gilbert (author) Publication CA : University of California Press, 2012 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (237 stran) ISBN 9780520952461 (online ; pdf) 0520952464 1283373548 9781283373548 0520269128 9780520269125 Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Contents 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. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Subj. Headings entomologie entomology * hmyz insects Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 59 - Zoologie UDC 595.7 , (0.034.2:08) Country Kalifornie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=419920 book
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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