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Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour
Although biologists routinely label animals as predators and prey, the ecological role of individuals is often far from clear. There are many examples of role reversals in predators and prey, where adult prey attack vulnerable young predators. This implies that juvenile prey that escape from predati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469038/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23061011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00728 |
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author | Choh, Yasuyuki Ignacio, Maira Sabelis, Maurice W. Janssen, Arne |
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description | Although biologists routinely label animals as predators and prey, the ecological role of individuals is often far from clear. There are many examples of role reversals in predators and prey, where adult prey attack vulnerable young predators. This implies that juvenile prey that escape from predation and become adult can kill juvenile predators. We show that such an exposure of juvenile prey to adult predators results in behavioural changes later in life: after becoming adult, these prey killed juvenile predators at a faster rate than prey that had not been exposed. The attacks were specifically aimed at predators of the species to which they had been exposed. This suggests that prey recognize the species of predator to which they were exposed during their juvenile stage. Our results show that juvenile experience affects adult behaviour after a role reversal. |
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spelling | pubmed-34690382012-10-11 Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour Choh, Yasuyuki Ignacio, Maira Sabelis, Maurice W. Janssen, Arne Sci Rep Article Although biologists routinely label animals as predators and prey, the ecological role of individuals is often far from clear. There are many examples of role reversals in predators and prey, where adult prey attack vulnerable young predators. This implies that juvenile prey that escape from predation and become adult can kill juvenile predators. We show that such an exposure of juvenile prey to adult predators results in behavioural changes later in life: after becoming adult, these prey killed juvenile predators at a faster rate than prey that had not been exposed. The attacks were specifically aimed at predators of the species to which they had been exposed. This suggests that prey recognize the species of predator to which they were exposed during their juvenile stage. Our results show that juvenile experience affects adult behaviour after a role reversal. Nature Publishing Group 2012-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3469038/ /pubmed/23061011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00728 Text en Copyright © 2012, Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Choh, Yasuyuki Ignacio, Maira Sabelis, Maurice W. Janssen, Arne Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour |
title | Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour |
title_full | Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour |
title_fullStr | Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour |
title_full_unstemmed | Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour |
title_short | Predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour |
title_sort | predator-prey role reversals, juvenile experience and adult antipredator behaviour |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469038/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23061011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00728 |
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