Antipredator behavior
7 important questions on Antipredator behavior
What is cryptic coloration?
What is reduced activity by antipredator behaviour?
Viligance, selfish herd and confusion effect are being use as antipredator behaviour. what are they ?
- Viligance: scanning the surroundings for predators
- selfish herd: aggregation of individuals reduces the risk for any particular individual in the group
- confusion effect: aggregation of animals makes it difficult for a predator to choose a prey to attack
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What is startle display?
What is an example of behavioral trade off?
How do social groups lower predation risk? name 2
- dilution effect: the probability if any one individuals dying is diluted by the presence of others
- selfish herd hypothesis: a predator is more likely to kill a member of the outside of the group because it will encounter outside individuals first
What is the group size effect?
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