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Safe Periods and Safe Activities: Two Phenological Responses to Mortality [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Phenology is often thought to evolve mainly in response to food availability, yet recent studies have focused on predation. Predation may explain apparent mismatches between phenology and resources. One type of phenological response to predation involves
Théo Constant, F. Stephen Dobson, Sylvain Giroud, Caroline Habold   +3 more
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Impacts of Selective Predation on Infection Prevalence and Host Susceptibility [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Predation can alter diverse ecological processes, including host–parasite interactions. Selective predation, whereby predators preferentially feed on certain prey types, can affect prey density and selective pressures.
Stephanie O. Gutierrez, Ximena E. Bernal, Catherine L. Searle   +2 more
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Camera traps unable to determine whether plasticine models of caterpillars reliably measure bird predation. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Sampling methods that are both scientifically rigorous and ethical are cornerstones of any experimental biological research. Since its introduction 30 years ago, the method of using plasticine prey to quantify predation pressure has become increasingly ...
Laura Schillé, Nattan Plat, Luc Barbaro, Hervé Jactel, Frédéric Raspail, Jean-Baptiste Rivoal, Bastien Castagneyrol, Anna Mrazova   +7 more
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Does moonlight increase predation risk? Meta‐analysis reveals divergent responses of nocturnal mammals to lunar cycles

Journal of Animal Ecology, 2014
The risk of predation strongly affects mammalian population dynamics and community interactions. Bright moonlight is widely believed to increase predation risk for nocturnal mammals by increasing the ability of predators to detect prey, but the potential
Laura R Prugh, Christopher D Golden
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Susceptibility to Predation Varies with Body Mass, Foraging Niche, and Anti-Predator Responses among Bird Species

Birds, 2023
Predation is a major source of mortality for many avian species. Species that face more predators, and those with less effective anti-predator responses, are presumably more likely to die from predation over time.
Guy Beauchamp
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The Colony Predation Algorithm

Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2021
This paper proposes a new stochastic optimizer called the Colony Predation Algorithm (CPA) based on the corporate predation of animals in nature.
Jiaze Tu, Huiling Chen, Mingjing Wang, Amir H. Gandomi   +3 more
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Accounting for predator species identity reveals variable relationships between nest predation rate and habitat in a temperate forest songbird

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Nest predation is the primary cause of nest failure in most ground‐nesting bird species. Investigations of relationships between nest predation rate and habitat usually pool different predator species.
Nino Maag, John W. Mallord, Malcolm D. Burgess, Shannon Lüpold, Andrew Cristinacce, Raphaël Arlettaz, Sandro Carlotti, Tony M. Davis, Alex Grendelmeier, Christopher J. Orsman, Michael Riess, Pablo Stelbrink, Gilberto Pasinelli   +12 more
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Predation on rose galls: parasitoids and predators determine gall size through directional selection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Both predators and parasitoids can have significant effects on species' life history traits, such as longevity or clutch size. In the case of gall inducers, sporadically there is evidence to suggest that both vertebrate predation and insect parasitoid ...
Zoltán László, Katalin Sólyom, Hunor Prázsmári, Zoltán Barta, Béla Tóthmérész   +4 more
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Predator Environment Does Not Predict Life History in the Morphologically Constrained Fish Alfaro cultratus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Predation is known to have a significant effect on life history diversification in a variety of species. However, physical constraints of body shape and size can sometimes limit life history divergence.
Kaitlyn B. Golden, Mark C. Belk, Jerald B. Johnson, Jerald B. Johnson   +3 more
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Predation on Multiple Prey Types Across a Disturbance Gradient in Tropical Montane Forests of Peninsular Malaysia

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2020
Predation plays a critical role in animal and plant survivorship, and can be highly sensitive to habitat loss and disturbance. Tropical montane forests in Southeast Asia are being modified rapidly by land-use change, and the consequences of this on ...
Kieran Murray, Malcolm C. K. Soh, Chong Leong Puan, Abdul Kadir bin Abu Hashim, Pazil bin Abdul Patah, Kelvin S.-H. Peh, Kelvin S.-H. Peh   +6 more
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