Evaluating Aversion to Eye‐Like Stimuli as a Foraging Deterrent in Urban European Herring Gulls [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionHuman‐wildlife conflict is on the rise due to urbanisation, and the development of non‐invasive deterrents can help to mitigate negative interactions. European herring gulls Larus argentatus are increasingly moving into urban areas, bringing them into ...
Laura A. Kelley +3 more
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No Evidence of Reactive Avoidance of Baboons (<i>Papio ursinus</i> and <i>Papio anubis</i>) to the Presence of Predators. [PDF]
Ecol EvolIn this study, we took advantage of the largest camera trap‐based monitoring project in Africa, Snapshot Safari and analyzed 10,000 camera trap detections from three sites in South Africa and one site in Tanzania to test whether baboons exhibit species‐specific reactive avoidance in response to the presence of predators. ABSTRACT Predators exert strong
van Rooyen N +5 more
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Multiparasitism enables a specialist endoparasitoid to complete parasitism in an unsuitable host caterpillar [PDF]
Scientific ReportsParasitoid wasps serve as natural enemies of numerous insect species; therefore, knowledge of host-parasitoid interactions is fundamental for understanding ecosystems. Each endoparasitoid wasp taxon exhibits a specific host range.
Kazumu Kuramitsu +2 more
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New distribution record of Bicolored Trailing Ant, Monomorium floricola (Jerdon, 1851) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Ecuador, with information on cohabitation with the social spider Anelosimus eximius (Keyserling, 1884) [PDF]
Check List, 2022 Invasive ant species are a serious threat to native fauna, especially in highly diverse tropical countries. Therefore, new distribution reports and information on the interactions with other species are essential to understand the potential effects of ...
Pablo Sebastián Padrón +4 more
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Diets, dominance hierarchies, and kleptoparasitism drive asymmetrical interactions between wolves and cougars. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ASignificance Theory of carnivore interactions has focused on apex carnivores suppressing and facilitating mesocarnivores through “enemies with benefits” dynamics, but the mechanisms governing apex–apex interactions remain unclear.
Binder W +6 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Evolutionary transitions from solitary to group-living are ubiquitous in animal systems. While the fitness consequences of group size changes are often investigated, the long-standing debate on whether kinship is a prerequisite of sociality is still ...
Chia-Ning Yu +3 more
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Stochastic models of kleptoparasitism [PDF]
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2007 In this paper, we consider a model of kleptoparasitism amongst a small group of individuals, where the state of the population is described by the distribution of its individuals over three specific types of behaviour (handling, searching for or fighting over, food). The model used is based upon earlier work which considered an equivalent deterministic
Yates, G. E., Broom, M.
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Recolonizing carnivores: Is cougar predation behaviorally mediated by bears?
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Conservation and management efforts have resulted in population increases and range expansions for some apex predators, potentially changing trophic cascades and foraging behavior. Changes in sympatric carnivore and dominant scavenger populations provide
Kristin N. Engebretsen +6 more
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The ecological economics of kleptoparasitism: pay‐offs from self‐foraging versus kleptoparasitism [PDF]
Journal of Animal Ecology, 2012 Summary Animals commonly steal food from other species, termed interspecific kleptoparasitism, but why animals engage in kleptoparasitism compared with alternate foraging tactics, and under what circumstances they do so, is not fully understood. Determining what specific benefits animals gain from kleptoparasitism could provide valuable insight into ...
Tom P, Flower +2 more
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Machine Learning Data Imputation and Prediction of Foraging Group Size in a Kleptoparasitic Spider
Mathematics, 2021 Cost–benefit analysis is widely used to elucidate the association between foraging group size and resource size. Despite advances in the development of theoretical frameworks, however, the empirical systems used for testing are hindered by the vagaries ...
Yong-Chao Su +5 more
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