Citation
Feyten, Laurence E. A. and Brown, Grant E. (2018) Ecological uncertainty influences vigilance as a marker of fear. Animal Sentience 15(7)
Thread
Guy Beauchamp, What can vigilance tell us about fear?
Abstract
We expand on the factors that may shape the predictability of risk and the potential impacts on the links between vigilance and fear, primarily in aquatic prey communities. Uncertainty in predation risks has been shown to induce increased levels of neophobia among prey. As a result of this phenotypically plastic response, prey are faced with risk assessment cues that may vary widely in their reliability. We argue that decomposing predictability may provide useful insights into the relationship between vigilance and fear.
DOI
10.51291/2377-7478.1311
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