Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards
Abstract Spatial responses to risk from multiple predators can precipitate emergent consequences for prey (i.e. multiple‐predator effects, MPEs) and mediate indirect interactions between predators. How prey navigate risk from multiple predators may therefore have important ramifications for understa...
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crwiley:10.1111/1365-2656.13850 2024-09-15T18:01:23+00:00 Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards Kachel, Shannon Bayrakcısmith, Rana Kubanychbekov, Zairbek Kulenbekov, Rahim McCarthy, Thomas Weckworth, Byron Wirsing, Aaron Panthera 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13850 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13850 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1365-2656.13850 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1365-2656.13850 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Animal Ecology volume 92, issue 1, page 142-157 ISSN 0021-8790 1365-2656 journal-article 2022 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13850 2024-08-30T04:09:44Z Abstract Spatial responses to risk from multiple predators can precipitate emergent consequences for prey (i.e. multiple‐predator effects, MPEs) and mediate indirect interactions between predators. How prey navigate risk from multiple predators may therefore have important ramifications for understanding the propagation of predation‐risk effects (PREs) through ecosystems. The interaction of predator and prey traits has emerged as a potentially key driver of antipredator behaviour but remains underexplored in large vertebrate systems, particularly where sympatric prey share multiple predators. We sought to better generalize our understanding of how predators influence their ecosystems by considering how multiple sources of contingency drive prey distribution in a multi‐predator–multi‐prey system. Specifically, we explored how two sympatric ungulates with different escape tactics—vertically agile, scrambling ibex Capra sibirica and sprinting argali Ovis ammon —responded to predation risk from shared predators with contrasting hunting modes—cursorial wolves Canis lupus and vertical‐ambushing, stalking snow leopards Panthera uncia . Contrasting risk posed by the two predators presented prey with clear trade‐offs. Ibex selected for greater exposure to chronic long‐term risk from snow leopards, and argali for wolves, in a nearly symmetrical manner that was predictable based on the compatibility of their respective traits. Yet, acute short‐term risk from the same predator upended these long‐term strategies, increasing each ungulates' exposure to risk from the alternate predator in a manner consistent with a scenario in which conflicting antipredator behaviours precipitate risk‐enhancing MPEs and mediate predator facilitation. By contrast, reactive responses to wolves led ibex to reduce their exposure to risk from both predators—a risk‐reducing MPE. Evidence of a similar reactive risk‐reducing effect for argali vis‐à‐vis snow leopards was lacking. Our results suggest that prey spatial responses and any resulting MPEs ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Wiley Online Library Journal of Animal Ecology 92 1 142 157 |
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Abstract Spatial responses to risk from multiple predators can precipitate emergent consequences for prey (i.e. multiple‐predator effects, MPEs) and mediate indirect interactions between predators. How prey navigate risk from multiple predators may therefore have important ramifications for understanding the propagation of predation‐risk effects (PREs) through ecosystems. The interaction of predator and prey traits has emerged as a potentially key driver of antipredator behaviour but remains underexplored in large vertebrate systems, particularly where sympatric prey share multiple predators. We sought to better generalize our understanding of how predators influence their ecosystems by considering how multiple sources of contingency drive prey distribution in a multi‐predator–multi‐prey system. Specifically, we explored how two sympatric ungulates with different escape tactics—vertically agile, scrambling ibex Capra sibirica and sprinting argali Ovis ammon —responded to predation risk from shared predators with contrasting hunting modes—cursorial wolves Canis lupus and vertical‐ambushing, stalking snow leopards Panthera uncia . Contrasting risk posed by the two predators presented prey with clear trade‐offs. Ibex selected for greater exposure to chronic long‐term risk from snow leopards, and argali for wolves, in a nearly symmetrical manner that was predictable based on the compatibility of their respective traits. Yet, acute short‐term risk from the same predator upended these long‐term strategies, increasing each ungulates' exposure to risk from the alternate predator in a manner consistent with a scenario in which conflicting antipredator behaviours precipitate risk‐enhancing MPEs and mediate predator facilitation. By contrast, reactive responses to wolves led ibex to reduce their exposure to risk from both predators—a risk‐reducing MPE. Evidence of a similar reactive risk‐reducing effect for argali vis‐à‐vis snow leopards was lacking. Our results suggest that prey spatial responses and any resulting MPEs ... |
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Kachel, Shannon Bayrakcısmith, Rana Kubanychbekov, Zairbek Kulenbekov, Rahim McCarthy, Thomas Weckworth, Byron Wirsing, Aaron Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards |
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Kachel, Shannon Bayrakcısmith, Rana Kubanychbekov, Zairbek Kulenbekov, Rahim McCarthy, Thomas Weckworth, Byron Wirsing, Aaron |
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Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards |
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Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards |
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Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards |
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Ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards |
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ungulate spatiotemporal responses to contrasting predation risk from wolves and snow leopards |
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