The effect of limited visibility on vigilance behaviour and speed of predator detection: implications for the conservation of granivorous passerines

By Mark J. Whittingham, S. Butler, J. Quinn, W. Cresswell. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Elephant-induced structural changes in the vegetation and habitat selection by large herbivores in an African savanna (2011, background): “High visibility is often correlated with lower levels of vigilance in many taxa, and foraging animals frequently increase their vigilance in patches where the view is obstructed (e.g. Burger et al., 2000; Whittingham et al., 2004).”
Sensitivity of wildlife to spatial patterns of recreationist behavior: A critical assessment of minimum approaching distances and buffer areas for grassland birds (2005, background): “, 2005), where high visibility could increase the distance at which threats are detected (Whittingham et al., 2004).”
The effects of habitat structure on predation risk of birds in agricultural landscapes (2004, result): “GAssumed to behave in a similar manner to the granivorous Chaffinch (Whittingham et al. 2004).”
Animal personality: what are behavioural ecologists measuring? (2013, background): “For example, while some animals may perceive a greater risk of predation in an open as opposed to a closed habitat (Blumstein & Daniel, 2003), the same may not be true for species that are predated primarily in closed habitats (Whittingham et al., 2004).”
Predator detection and avoidance by starlings under differing scenarios of predation risk (2006, background): “In contrast, Whittingham et al. (2004) recorded chaffinches picking up seeds on 83% of searches.”
Altering perceived predation risk and food availability: management prescriptions to benefit farmland birds on stubble fields (2006, background): “Whittingham et al. (2004) showed that, at equal food densities, chaffinches Fringilla coelebs L. foraging in a short (3-cm) artificial stubble responded to attack by a model predator approximately 24% faster than those foraging in a long (13-cm) artificial stubble.”
When to Run and When to Hide: The Influence of Concealment, Visibility, and Proximity to Refugia on Perceptions of Risk (2012, background): “One limitation to previous studies that link vegetation structure to perceived predation risk is that habitats typically have been defined as binary categories of ‘open’ or ‘closed’ cover (e.g., Lazarus & Symonds 1992; Brown et al. 1997; Whittingham et al. 2004; Beauchamp 2010; Embar et al. 2011).”
Stubble height affects the use of stubble fields by farmland birds (2005, background): “The results of aviary experiments ( Whittingham et al . 2004; Butler et al . 2005) suggest that the preferential selection of treatment plots by granivorous passerines in this study occurred because they are likely to have associated both a lower predation risk and greater potential energetic gain ”