Animal Vigilance

Monitoring Predators and Competitors

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Nature
Cover of the book Animal Vigilance by Guy Beauchamp, Elsevier Science
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Guy Beauchamp ISBN: 9780128019948
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publication: June 29, 2015
Imprint: Academic Press Language: English
Author: Guy Beauchamp
ISBN: 9780128019948
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Publication: June 29, 2015
Imprint: Academic Press
Language: English

Animal Vigilance builds on the author’s previous publication with Academic Press (Social Predation: How Group Living Benefits Predators and Prey) by developing several other themes including the development and mechanisms underlying vigilance, as well as developing more fully the evolution and function of vigilance.

Animal vigilance has been at the forefront of research on animal behavior for many years, but no comprehensive review of this topic has existed. Students of animal behavior have focused on many aspects of animal vigilance, from models of its adaptive value to empirical research in the laboratory and in the field. The vast literature on vigilance is widely dispersed with often little contact between models and empirical work and between researchers focusing on different taxa such as birds and mammals. Animal Vigilance fills this gap in the available material.

  • Tackles vigilance from all angles, theoretical and empirical, while including the broadest range of species to underscore unifying themes
  • Discusses several newer developments in the area, such as vigilance copying and effect of food density
  • Highlights recent challenges to assumptions of traditional models of vigilance, such as the assumption that vigilance is independent among group members, which is reviewed during discussion of synchronization and coordination of vigilance in a group
  • Written by a top expert in animal vigilance
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Animal Vigilance builds on the author’s previous publication with Academic Press (Social Predation: How Group Living Benefits Predators and Prey) by developing several other themes including the development and mechanisms underlying vigilance, as well as developing more fully the evolution and function of vigilance.

Animal vigilance has been at the forefront of research on animal behavior for many years, but no comprehensive review of this topic has existed. Students of animal behavior have focused on many aspects of animal vigilance, from models of its adaptive value to empirical research in the laboratory and in the field. The vast literature on vigilance is widely dispersed with often little contact between models and empirical work and between researchers focusing on different taxa such as birds and mammals. Animal Vigilance fills this gap in the available material.

More books from Elsevier Science

Cover of the book Principles of Colour and Appearance Measurement by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Titanium in Medical and Dental Applications by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Power Electronics Applied to Industrial Systems and Transports, Volume 3 by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Handbook of Borehole Acoustics and Rock Physics for Reservoir Characterization by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book International Review of Cytology by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Seven Deadliest Network Attacks by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Neuropsychopharmacology: A Tribute to Joseph T. Coyle by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Advances in Parasitology by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Hysteresis in Magnetism by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Philosophy of Economics by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Fluorine by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Lipid Oxidation by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Rheology of Emulsions by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Personnel Protection: Executive Compensation and Fringe Benefits by Guy Beauchamp
Cover of the book Cognitive Systems - Information Processing Meets Brain Science by Guy Beauchamp
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy