Learning threat-sensitive predator avoidance: how do fathead minnows incorporate conflicting information?

By M. Ferrari, D. Chivers. 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Provenance and threat-sensitive predator avoidance patterns in wild-caught Trinidadian guppies (2009, background): “They reported that cichlids exposed to high versus low frequencies of predation risk still exhibited a non-graded response pattern, suggesting that threat-sensitive decisions are shaped by immediate factors (Vainikka et al. 2005; Brown et al. 2006b; Ferrari and Chivers 2006).”
Chemical ecology of predator–prey interactions in aquatic ecosystems: a review and prospectusThe present review is one in the special series of reviews on animal–plant interactions. (2010, unknown): “Ferrari and Chivers (2006b) found that when given several pieces of information regarding the level of threat associated with a predator, fathead minnows seem to have a ‘‘rule of thumb’’ to respond to risk: first, when given conflicting information, minnows respond conservatively by minimizing risk…”
Temporal variability, threat sensitivity and conflicting information about the nature of risk: understanding the dynamics of tadpole antipredator behaviour (2009, unknown): “These results support the findings of Ferrari & Chivers (2006), who tested the effect of conflicting information on the ability of naı̈ve fathead minnows, Pimephales promelas, to learn to recognize an unknown predator.”
The dynamic nature of antipredator behavior: prey fish integrate threat-sensitive antipredator responses within background levels of predation risk (2006, background): “…variation in perceived predation risk does have an influence on overall response intensity and minimum behavioral response thresholds (current data), the overall pattern of the threat-sensitive decision is influenced by more immediate factors (Vainikka et al. 2005; Ferrari and Chivers 2006).”
The nose knows: minnows determine predator proximity and density through detection of predator odours (2006, background): “Ferrari & Chivers (2006) showed that experience to different predation situations shaped the intensity of the fright responses displayed by fathead minnows.”
Learning about Danger: Chemical Alarm Cues and Threat‐Sensitive Assessment of Predation Risk by Fishes (2011, background): “Ferrari & Chivers (2006a) tested whether recent experience shapes threat-sensitive learning.”
Responses of American toad tadpoles to predation cues: behavioural response thresholds, threat-sensitivity and acquired predation recognition (2006, unknown): “Since this finding, numerous other investigators have examined the same phenomenon in fathead minnows (Wisenden & Harter, 2001; Ferrari et al., 2005; Ferrari & Chivers, 2006a ) and other fishes, including zebra danios (Brachydanio rerio: Suboski et al., 1990), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss: Br”