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Dynamics and pattern formation in diffusive predator-prey models with predator-taxis

open access: yesElectronic Journal of Differential Equations, 2020
We consider a three-species predator-prey system in which the predator has a stage structure and the prey moves to avoid the mature predator, which is called the predator-taxis.
Zhongyuan Sun, Jinfeng Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Super machine learning: improving accuracy and reducing variance of behaviour classification from accelerometry

open access: yesAnimal Biotelemetry, 2017
Background Semi-automating the analyses of accelerometry data makes it possible to synthesize large data sets. However, when constructing activity budgets from accelerometry data, there are many methods to extract, analyse and report data and results ...
Monique A. Ladds   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of relatedness and pack size on territory overlap in African wild dogs

open access: yesMovement Ecology, 2017
Background Spacing patterns mediate competitive interactions between conspecifics, ultimately increasing fitness. The degree of territorial overlap between neighbouring African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) packs varies greatly, yet the role of factors ...
Craig R. Jackson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wildlife responses to livestock guard dogs and domestic sheep on open range

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are an attractant to carnivores; however, sheep are often accompanied by humans and livestock guardian dogs (LGDs; Canis familiaris), which defend sheep from depredation.
Daniel Kinka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intolerant baboons avoid observer proximity, creating biased inter-individual association patterns

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Social network analysis is an increasingly popular tool for behavioural ecologists exploring the social organisation of animal populations. Such analyses require data on inter-individual association patterns, which in wild populations are often collected
Andrew T. L. Allan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foraging behaviour and habitat-use drives niche segregation in sibling seabird species

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2020
To mediate competition, similar sympatric species are assumed to use different resources, or the same but geographically separated resources. The two giant petrels (Macronectes spp.) are intriguing in that they are morphologically similar seabirds with ...
Ryan R. Reisinger   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animal-borne acoustic data alone can provide high accuracy classification of activity budgets

open access: yesAnimal Biotelemetry, 2021
Background Studies on animal behaviour often involve the quantification of the occurrence and duration of various activities. When direct observations are challenging (e.g., at night, in a burrow, at sea), animal-borne devices can be used to remotely ...
Andréa Thiebault   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

An interdisciplinary review of current and future approaches to improving human–predator relations

open access: yesConservation Biology, 2017
In a world of shrinking habitats and increasing competition for natural resources, potentially dangerous predators bring the challenges of coexisting with wildlife sharply into focus.
Simon Pooley   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The utility of accelerometers to predict stroke rate in captive fur seals and sea lions

open access: yesBiology Open, 2017
The energy expenditure of free-living fur seals and sea lions is difficult to measure directly, but may be indirectly derived from flipper stroke rate. We filmed 10 captive otariids swimming with accelerometers either attached to a harness (Daily Diary ...
Monique A. Ladds   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of thanatosis (death feigning) as an anti-predator behaviour

open access: yesBehavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2018
Thanatosis—also known as death-feigning and, we argue more appropriately, tonic immobility (TI)—is an under-reported but fascinating anti-predator strategy adopted by diverse prey late on in the predation sequence, and frequently following physical ...
Rosalind K. Humphreys, G. Ruxton
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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