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Predator-Prey Dynamics - The Role of Olfaction (Paperback)
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Predator-Prey Dynamics - The Role of Olfaction (Paperback)
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Humans, being visually oriented, are well versed in camouflage and
how animals hide from predators that use vision to locate prey.
However, many predators do not hunt by sight; they hunt by scent.
This raises the question: do survival mechanisms and behaviors
exist which allow animals to hide from these olfactory predators?
If so, what are they, and how do they work? Predator-Prey Dynamics:
The Role of Olfaction examines environmental as well as biological
and behavioral elements of both predators and prey to answer gaps
in our current knowledge of the survival dynamics of species.
Beginning with a thorough look at the mechanics of olfaction, the
author explains how predators detect, locate, and track their prey
using odor trails on the ground or odor plumes in the air.
Understanding the physics of airflow is the next step to
understanding the potential for manipulating and masking scent.
While a bush may conceal an animal visually from a predator, it
will not protect an animal from a predator using olfaction. To hide
from the latter, an animal needs to hide in locations where
turbulence and updrafts will disperse its scent. The book addresses
tradeoffs that animals must make given their dual needs to hide
from predators and to procure food and water. Studies of mammalian
and avian behavior provide examples on the actual use and efficacy
of olfactory camouflage tactics. The book concludes with a
redefinition of ecological terms based on the physics of airflow
and a summary of the theory and implications of olfactory
predator--prey dynamics. Introducing the mechanics of olfaction and
its influence on the behavior of both predators and prey,
Predator-Prey Dynamics: The Role of Olfaction presents a new
perception of the world and enables us to understand and more
effectively manage the delicate survival dynamics of animals in the
wild.
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