Mapes & Chaffin, 2003

Author(s):Mapes, R. H., Chaffin, D. T.
Year:2003
Title:Predation on Cephalopods
Book:Predator—Prey Interactions in the Fossil Record. Topics in Geobiology, vol. 20
Publisher:Springer New York
Pages:177-213
Abstract

Predation occurs throughout nature. Predators feed in order to survive long enough to reproduce. Likewise, prey animals attempt to avoid being eaten long enough to reproduce. Avoidance of predation is much more important to the prey because a failed attempt at predation only necessitates that the predator searches elsewhere for a meal.

Keywords:Ammonoidea, Bioerosion, Cephalopoda, nautiloidid, Neoichnology, Paleontology, Predation, Repaired shell injury
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0161-9_8
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