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Oddity and the ‘confusion effect’ in predation
Laurie Landeau,John Terborgh +1 more
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Two sets of experiments designed to clarify the roles of sensory ‘confusion’ and prey ‘oddity’ as they interact to influence the hunting success of a pursuit predator, the largemouth bass, on silvery minnows find the ability of bass to capture both normal and odd prey hampered.About:
This article is published in Animal Behaviour.The article was published on 1986-10-01. It has received 653 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Hybognathus nuchalis & Bass (sound).read more
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Functions of Shoaling Behaviour in Teleosts
TL;DR: Predators and food are the keys to understanding fish shoals; synchronised co-operation defeats predators, and optimal food gathering in shoals reflects a shifting balance between joining, competing in, or leaving the group.
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Complexity, pattern, and evolutionary trade-offs in animal aggregation.
TL;DR: Are all emergent properties of animal aggregations functional or are some simply pattern?
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Self-Organization and Collective Behavior in Vertebrates
Iain D. Couzin,Jens Krause +1 more
TL;DR: The chapter presents the interaction dynamics among individuals result in the formation, internal structuring, and collective behaviors of vertebrate groups, and concludes that to understand collective behaviors fully, these properties cannot necessarily be considered in isolation.
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Predator functional responses: discriminating between handling and digesting prey
TL;DR: A handy mechanistic functional response model that realistically incorporates handling and digesting prey and may improve optimal foraging theory, since one of its major problems has been the lack of alternative models.
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Effects of parasites on fish behaviour: a review and evolutionary perspective
TL;DR: Little conclusive evidence is found for the Parasite Increased Trophic Transmission (PITT) hypothesis in fishes, though recent studies suggest it is likely to be an important mechanism, and a case study is provided to summarise the current state of knowledge.
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Geometry for the selfish herd.
TL;DR: An antithesis to the view that gregarious behaviour is evolved through benefits to the population or species is presented, and simply defined models are used to show that even in non-gregarious species selection is likely to favour individuals who stay close to others.
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Experimental analysis of the social value of flocking by starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) in relation to predation and foraging
TL;DR: In groups of ten, indidual starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, spent significantly less time in surveillance than did individuals in smaller groups and responded more quickly than single birds to a flying model hawk.
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Experiments on whether schooling by their prey affects the hunting behaviour of cephalopods and fish predators
St S. R. J. Neill,J. M. Cullen +1 more
TL;DR: The experiments show that a shoal can provide further protection in hampering the attack of a predator and the increasing shoal size from one fish to six, to 20, decreased the success of the predators' attacks per encounter with a prey.
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Ecological Aspects of Some Mixed-Species Foraging Flocks of Birds
TL;DR: Mixed—species flocks of birds composed of chickadees, titmice, woodpeckers, nuthatches, creepers, kinglets, and wood warblers were studied in several habitats in Louisiana, Maryland, and Maine and appear to be an effective adaptation to difficult conditions.