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P. J. WHITE, Robert A. Garrott · Harvard University Press eBooks · 2013

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Lorenzi, Maria Cristina, Thompson, John N · DRYAD · 2011

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Tony Dean, Dan Dykhuizen · 2026

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Alicia Mathis, Maud C. O. Ferrari, Nathan Windel et al. · 2013

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Abstract Chapter 18 introduces predation theory, the most recent among realist expositions on the causes of war. This theory puts forward an explanation for war that focuses on the dynamics of relative capability between and among the great powers. Predation theory assumes, with justification, that leaders rarely possess fully accurate information about the distribution of power. Policies among rising states therefore will vary by context; there is no deterministic pathway to either peace or war under conditions of strategically significant change in relative capabilities. Predation theory seeks to “understand and account for a rising state’s predatory or supportive policies toward its declining peers.” The focus is on the politics associated with power shifts. Predation theory seeks to explain the degree of conflict observed during times of significant change in relative capabilities. War becomes more likely under such circumstances.

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A. Minelli · Elsevier eBooks · 2008

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Mark A. Steele, TODD W. ANDERSON · 2006

This chapter focuses on field studies to explore the role that predators play in nature. Based on practicing field ecologists, it suggests that such studies, although logistically more challenging, provide the best tools available for exploring the workings of nature. It also discusses laboratory studies that are particularly enlightening and provide insight not available from field studies. Much of the recent work on fish predation has been carried out on California's temperate reef fishes. To provide context and evaluate the generality of studies from California, the chapter compares this body of work to similar studies conducted elsewhere, mainly on tropical coral reefs. It concludes by highlighting several aspects of predation in particular that are in need of more detailed study.

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Sapontzis, Steve F. · DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University) · 2011

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William D. Bowman, Sally D. Hacker · Ecology · 2023

Key Concepts <bold>CONCEPT 12.1</bold> Most carnivores have broad diets, whereas a majority of herbivores have relatively narrow diets. <bold>CONCEPT 12.2</bold> Predation results in a wide range of capture and avoidance mechanisms. <bold>CONCEPT 12.3</bold> Predator populations can cycle with their prey populations. <bold>CONCEPT 12.4</bold> Predation...

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Yale University Press eBooks · 1998

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Michael R. Rose · 1987

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Robert T. Dillon · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2000

Molluscs are edible, and easily subdued by predators of even the most modest ferocity. Thus most aquatic vertebrates seem to eat molluscs, at least under some circumstances. I include under this sweeping generalization not only fish, but semi-aquatic vertebrates such as amphibians, certain reptiles, and a few mammals. In a charming review entitled 'Enemies of the land and freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles', Wild and Lawson (1937) listed 20 vertebrate predators of Planorbis alone, excluding fish but including such eye-catchers as the natterjack toad, pheasants, and bats. In addition, a large fraction of the macroinvertebrate predators of fresh waters recognize molluscs among their prey. Among the fauna of Oneida Lake, New York, F. C. Baker (1918) recognized six species of insect potentially dining on molluscs, one crayfish, eight leeches, and two of the molluscs themselves (large Lymnaea). To the Oneida rogue's gallery Baker added 46 species of fish, 8 amphibians, 7 reptiles, 6 birds, and 3 mammals. Michelson's (1957) review of possible biological control agents for pulmonates included single paragraphs on predatory flatworms, leeches, crustaceans, predatory molluscs, and mammals, plus two paragraphs on birds, three on reptiles and amphibians, and four on insects. Molloy and colleagues (1997) catalogued 176 predators of zebra mussels.

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