When a predator attacks, prey are faced with a series of if, when, and how escape decisions these critical questions are the foci of this book.
Cooper and Blumstein bring together a balance of theory and empirical research to summarize over 50 years of scattered research and benchmark current thinking in the rapidly expanding literature on the behavioral ecology of escaping. The book consolidates current and new behavior models with taxonomically divided empirical chapters that demonstrate the application of escape theory to different groups. The chapters integrate behavior with physiology, genetics, and evolution to lead the reader through the complex decisions faced by prey during a predator attack, examining how these decisions interact with life history and individual variation. The chapter on best practice field methodology and the ideas for future research presented throughout ensure this volume is practical as well as informative.
Electronic supplementary material is available for download at www.cambridge.org/9781107060548.
William E. Cooper, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Biology at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, and a Research Associate in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at University of Arizona. A behavioral ecologist by background, he has over 35 years of teaching and research experience in behavior, ecology, and evolution. He has specialized in escape behavior for the past 20 years, with particular interest in reptilian behavior.
Daniel T. Blumstein is Professor and Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA, and a Professor in UCLAs Institute of Environment and Sustainability. He has studied animal behavior throughout the world, with research focusing on the evolution of social and antipredator behavior and the effects that mechanisms of behavior have on higher-level ecological processes and for wildlife conservation.
William E. Cooper, Jr.
Department of Biology, Indiana UniversityPurdue University Fort Wayne, and Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Daniel T. Blumstein
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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Escaping from predators : an integrative view of escape decisions / edited by William E. Cooper, Jr.,
Department of Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, and
Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA, Daniel T. Blumstein,
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Institute of the
Environment & Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-107-06054-8
1. Animal defenses. 2. Predation (Biology) 3. Escape (Psychology)
I. Cooper, William E., Jr. II. Blumstein, Daniel T.
QL759.E833 2015
591.47dc23
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ISBN 978-1-107-06054-8 Hardback
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Should I stay or should I go now?
If I go there will be trouble
An if I stay it will be double
The Clash, Should I Stay Or Should I Go
( Lyrics reproduced with permission )
Contents
Ronald D. Ydenberg and Lawrence M. Dill
William E. Cooper, Jr. and Daniel T. Blumstein
William E. Cooper, Jr.
Theodore Stankowich and Eigil Reimers
Anders Pape Mller
William E. Cooper, Jr.
Patricia A. Fleming and Philip W. Bateman
Philip W. Bateman and Patricia A. Fleming
Paolo Domenici and Graeme D. Ruxton
Jos Martn and Pilar Lpez
Guy Beauchamp
Kathleen L. Foster, Clint E. Collins, Timothy E. Higham, and Theodore Garland, Jr.
Luke P. Tyrrell and Esteban Fernndez-Juricic
Yoav Litvin, D. Caroline Blanchard, and Robert J. Blanchard
Lesley T. Lancaster
Pilar Lpez and Jos Martn
Daniel T. Blumstein, Diogo S. M. Samia, Theodore Stankowich, and William E. Cooper, Jr.
Daniel T. Blumstein and William E. Cooper, Jr.
Contributors
Philip W. Bateman
Department of Environment and Agriculture, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Guy Beauchamp
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Canada
D. Caroline Blanchard
Pacific Biomedical Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Robert J. Blanchard
Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Daniel T. Blumstein
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Clint E. Collins
Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
William E. Cooper, Jr.
Department of Biology, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, USA and Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
Lawrence M. Dill
Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Paolo Domenici
C.N.R. Istituto per LAmbiente Marino Costiero, Oristano, Loc. Sa Mardini, 09170 Torregrande (OR), Italy
Esteban Fernndez-Juricic
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
Patricia A. Fleming
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Kathleen L. Foster
Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
Timothy E. Higham
Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
Theodore Garland, Jr.
Department of Biology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA
Lesley T. Lancaster
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Abeerdeen, UK
Yoav Litvin
Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
Pilar Lpez
Departamento de Ecologa Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC. Madrid, Spain