1998
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682468
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The scent of death: Chemosensory assessment of predation risk by prey animals

Abstract: It is well documented that animals take risk of predation into account when making decisions about how to behave in particular situations, often trading-off risk against opportunities for mating or acquiring energy. Such an ability implies that animals have reliable information about the risk of predation at a given place and time. Chemosensory cues are an important source of such information. They reliably reveal the presence of predators (or their presence in the immediate past) and may also provide informat… Show more

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“…Although avoiding consumers is of great importance to prey, predator avoidance is often costly and results in decreased growth or fecundity (e.g., Lima and Dill, 1990;Peckarsky, 1996;Katz and Dill, 1998;Leonard et al, 1999;Nakaoka, 2000). Prey may minimize predator avoidance costs by using flexible avoidance strategies that balance the frequency or magnitude of predator avoidance responses with a perceived level of risk (Sih et al, 1985;Schmitz et al, 1997;Schmitz, 1998;Chivers and Smith, 1998;Katz and Dill, 1998;McIntosh and Peckarsky, 1999).…”
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“…Although avoiding consumers is of great importance to prey, predator avoidance is often costly and results in decreased growth or fecundity (e.g., Lima and Dill, 1990;Peckarsky, 1996;Katz and Dill, 1998;Leonard et al, 1999;Nakaoka, 2000). Prey may minimize predator avoidance costs by using flexible avoidance strategies that balance the frequency or magnitude of predator avoidance responses with a perceived level of risk (Sih et al, 1985;Schmitz et al, 1997;Schmitz, 1998;Chivers and Smith, 1998;Katz and Dill, 1998;McIntosh and Peckarsky, 1999).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Prey may minimize predator avoidance costs by using flexible avoidance strategies that balance the frequency or magnitude of predator avoidance responses with a perceived level of risk (Sih et al, 1985;Schmitz et al, 1997;Schmitz, 1998;Chivers and Smith, 1998;Katz and Dill, 1998;McIntosh and Peckarsky, 1999). Thus, prey require stimuli that accurately reveal the level of risk to determine when and how predator avoidance strategies should be employed.…”
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