Animal Vigilance: Monitoring Predators and Competitors - Guy Beauchamp

Developed as a follow-up to the author's previous work, Animal Vigilance expands on various themes related to the development, mechanisms, evolution, and function of vigilance in the animal kingdom. This publication addresses the lack of a comprehensive review of animal vigilance, bridging the gap in existing literature and bringing together theoretical and empirical research across different species.

For years, animal vigilance has been a focal point in the study of animal behavior, encompassing diverse aspects such as adaptive value, empirical research, and species-specific studies. Animal Vigilance offers a holistic approach, discussing newer developments in the field and challenging traditional assumptions, including the independence of vigilance among group members and the coordination of vigilance within a group. Authored by a leading expert in the field, this book provides a thorough exploration of vigilance across species.

• 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 the 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

Author: Beauchamp, Guy
Publisher: Academic Press
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Animal Vigilance: Monitoring Predators and Competitors
Pages: 00272 (Encrypted) / 00272 (Encrypted)
On Sale: 2015-06-29
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780128019832
Category: Science: Life Sciences - Biology
Category: Science: Life Sciences - Zoology - Entomology