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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael R. ConoverPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: CRC Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.635kg ISBN: 9780849392702ISBN 10: 0849392705 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 30 March 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsOlfactory Predators and Odorants, Detecting and Locating Prey Through Depositional Odor Trails, Using Airborne Odorants to Detect the Presence of Prey, Using Odor Plumes to Locate Prey and the Impact of Convection, Experimental Evidence that Updrafts and Turbulence Hinder the Ability of Predators to Find Prey Using Olfaction, Turbulence Caused by Isolated Surface Features, Turbulence Over Rough Surfaces, Turbulence Within and Below Plant Canopies, Trade-Offs Required to Achieve Optimal Hiding Strategies, Impact of Olfactory Predators on the Behavior of Female Ungulates During Parturition and on the Behavior of Their Young, Do Nest Site Characteristics Influence Nest Predation Rates by Olfactory Predators? Do Weather, Convection, Isolated Surface Features, or Shelterbelts Influence Nest Predation Rates of Olfactory Predators? Do Prairies, Savannas, Forests, or Edge Habitats Influence Nest Predation Rates of Olfactory Predators? Using the Physics of Airflow to Redefine Common Ecological Terms, Epilogue, References, Appendices, IndexReviewsThe book is logically organized to describe the mechanics of olfaction and the physics of airflow before discussing species of predators and prey and their ecology. This may sound like dry reading at the outset. but Conover employs animal attributes or behaviors to keep the reader along for the ride. -- Timothy D. Smith, Slippery Rock University, in Journal of Mammalogy, 2008 Predator-prey dynamics covers a subject that has not received enough attention by animal behavior and ecology researchers. ...Conover's book has laid the foundation for future research on olfactory predators and their prey. -- Barbara Clucas, University of California-Davis, writing in Ecology, 2007 The book is logically organized to describe the mechanics of olfaction and the physics of airflow before discussing species of predators and prey and their ecology. This may sound like dry reading at the outset. but Conover employs animal attributes or behaviors to keep the reader along for the ride. -- Timothy D. Smith, Slippery Rock University, in Journal of Mammalogy, 2008 Predator-prey dynamics covers a subject that has not received enough attention by animal behavior and ecology researchers. ...Conover's book has laid the foundation for future research on olfactory predators and their prey. -- Barbara Clucas, University of California-Davis, writing in Ecology, 2007 """The book is logically organized to describe the mechanics of olfaction and the physics of airflow before discussing species of predators and prey and their ecology. This may sound like dry reading at the outset. but Conover employs animal attributes or behaviors to keep the reader along for the ride."" -- Timothy D. Smith, Slippery Rock University, in Journal of Mammalogy, 2008 ""Predator-prey dynamics covers a subject that has not received enough attention by animal behavior and ecology researchers. ...Conover's book has laid the foundation for future research on olfactory predators and their prey."" -- Barbara Clucas, University of California-Davis, writing in Ecology, 2007" The book is logically organized to describe the mechanics of olfaction and the physics of airflow before discussing species of predators and prey and their ecology. This may sound like dry reading at the outset. but Conover employs animal attributes or behaviors to keep the reader along for the ride. - Timothy D. Smith, Slippery Rock University, in Journal of Mammalogy, 2008 Predator-prey dynamics covers a subject that has not received enough attention by animal behavior and ecology researchers. ...Conover's book has laid the foundation for future research on olfactory predators and their prey. - Barbara Clucas, University of California-Davis, writing in Ecology, 2007 Author InformationConover, Michael R. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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