Individual and collective behaviour of fish subject to differing risk-level treatments with a sympatric predator

• Published in: Behavioral ecology and sociobiology Vol. 76; no. 12; p. 160
• Main Authors: Wilson, Alexander D. M., Schaerf, Timothy M., Ward, Ashley J. W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.12.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Ecology; Animals; Behavior; Behavioral Sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Density; Fish; Gambusia holbrooki; group behavior; Life Sciences; Locomotion; Original Article; Predation; Predators; Prey; Risk levels; Risk perception; Risk reduction; Swimming; Sympatric populations; sympatry; Zoology; Shoaling; Collective movement; Predator–prey; Behavioural flexibility; Threat
• ISSN: 0340-5443; 1432-0762
• DOI: 10.1007/s00265-022-03269-4

The ability to adapt behaviour according to context is vital to the success of many organisms, particularly when it comes to mitigating risk, across time and space, in unpredictable environments. While many studies have examined the role of predation threat in shaping behaviour, very few have quanti...