Data for: Living in fear: How experience shapes caribou responses to predation risk ...

Wild prey can reduce predation risk by avoiding areas used by their predators. As they get older, individuals should be able to fine-tune this avoidance based on their increased experience with predators and cues associated with predation risk. Such learning mechanisms are expected to play a key rol...

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Main Authors: Derguy, Laurie, Leblond, Mathieu, St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2024
Subjects:
antipredator behaviour
behavioural adjustment
habitat selection
landscape of fear
Learning
predation risk
predator-prey interaction
Canis lupus
Rangifer tarandus
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10668655
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10668655
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Summary:Wild prey can reduce predation risk by avoiding areas used by their predators. As they get older, individuals should be able to fine-tune this avoidance based on their increased experience with predators and cues associated with predation risk. Such learning mechanisms are expected to play a key role in how individuals may cope with risk during their life, particularly in altered landscapes where human disturbances have created habitat conditions distinct from those of the past. We studied the role of experience on the avoidance of risky areas by boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in a system where they are under high predation pressure from grey wolves (Canis lupus) and black bears (Ursus americanus). We described the behavioural responses of caribou to variations in the risk of encountering wolves and bears, investigating whether individuals adjusted their level of predator avoidance with passing monitoring years, a proxy of increasing experience. We used telemetry data collected on 31 wolves and ... : Funding provided by: Environment and Climate Change CanadaCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/026ny0e17Award Number: Funding provided by: Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des ParcsCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/00ra8zc69Award Number: Funding provided by: Ministère des TransportsCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/05sgcwh30Award Number: Funding provided by: Université du Québec à RimouskiCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/049jtt335Award Number: Funding provided by: World Wildlife Fund CanadaCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/020tdv696Award Number: Funding provided by: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research CouncilCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/01h531d29Award Number: 2016-05196 Funding provided by: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research CouncilCrossref Funder Registry ID: https://ror.org/01h531d29Award Number: 2022-04307 ...

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