Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals

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Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals

Author	: Timothy M. Caro
File Size	: 55,9 Mb
Publisher	: University of Chicago Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 September 2005
ISBN	: 9780226094366
Pages	: 609 pages

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Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals by Timothy M. Caro Book PDF Summary

Tim Caro explores the many & varied ways in which prey species have evolved defensive characteristics and behaviour to confuse, outperform or outwit their predators, from the camoflaged coat of the giraffe to the extraordinary way in which South American sealions ward off the attacks of killer whales.

Antipredator Defenses in Birds and Mammals by Timothy M. Caro

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