Escaping from Predators: An Integrative View of Escape Decisions

Oversized hardcover, xv + 442 pages, NOT ex-library. Clean and bright interior with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps. Boards show shelfwear and rubbing to tips of corners, small scuff-marks around the edges. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Foreword by Ron D. Ydenberg & Lawrence M. Dill; Pt I Overview and Behaviors Preceding and Following Initiation of Escape: 1. Escape Behavior: Importance, Scope, and Variables / William E. Cooper, Jr & Daniel T. Blumstein; Pt II Escape and Refuge Use: Theory and Findings for Major Taxonomic Groups: Pt IIa Escape Theory: 2. Theory: Models of Escape Behavior and Refuge Use / William E. Cooper, Jr; Pt IIb Escape Decisions Prior to Pursuit: 3. Mammals / Theodore Stankowich & Eigil Reimers; 4. Birds / Anders Pape Moller; 5. Reptiles / William E. Cooper, Jr; 6. Fish and Amphibians / Patricia A. Fleming & Philip W. Bateman; 7. Invertebrates / Philip W. Bateman & Patricia A. Fleming; Pt IIc Escape Trajectories and Strategies During Pursuit: 8. Prey Behaviors During Fleeing: Escape Trajectories, Signaling, and Sensory Defenses / Paolo Domenici & Graeme D. Ruxton; Pt IId Refuge Use: 9. Hiding Time in Refuge / Jose Martin & Pilar Lopez; Pt III Related Behaviors and Other Factors influencing Escape: 10. Vigilance, Alarm Calling, Pursuit Deterrence and Predation Inspection / Guy Beauchamp; 11. Determinants of Lizard Escape Performance: Decision, Motivation, Ability, and Opportunity / Kathleen L. Foster; 12. Sensory Systems and Escape Behavior / Luke P. Tyrrell & Esteban Fernandez-Juricic; 13. Physiology of Escape / Yoav Litvin; 14. Maternal and Genetic Effects on Escape: A Prospective Review / Lesley T. Lancaster; 15. Personality of Escape / Pilar Lopez and Jose Martin; Pt IV Applications and Study of Escape: 16. Best Practice for the Study of Escape Behavior / Daniel T. Blumstein; 17. Afterword; Index -- 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 summarise over fifty years of scattered research and benchmark current thinking in the rapidly expanding literature on the behavioural ecology of escaping. The book consolidates current and new behaviour models with taxonomically divided empirical chapters that demonstrate the application of escape theory to different groups. The chapters integrate behaviour 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.…