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When predation risk increases animals may increase, decrease or not change their foraging behaviour depending on how their behaviour affects the risk
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Thu Jun 18 2020
Managing fat to survive the night explains why birds sing at dawn
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Wed Jun 03 2020
Animals should respond not only to the presence of predators but the pattern of their coming and going
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Wed May 27 2020
The distribution of animals that maximise their feeding rate under competition should be matched to the distribution of resources
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Tue May 26 2020
Animals must carefully choose when to look for food when the predation risk varies
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Fri May 22 2020
An evolutionary model suggests animals consider the proportion of fighters to decide whether to fight, because like in reality (but unlike in simple models) territory owners win
Posted by: LaureOlivier Posted Sat Apr 25 2020
Healthier beadlet anemones are more likely to use weapons to injure others during fights
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Tue Mar 17 2020
Skills —— one of the important factors determining fighting ability
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Tue Mar 17 2020
When food is found in patches animals are predicted to go to a new patch before the patch is completely empty
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Wed May 02 2018
Animal signals are kept honest because only the fittest individuals can deal with their cost.
Posted by: AndrewDHigginson Posted Fri Apr 20 2018