Local predator density should affect prey responses to predators by influencing predator
recognition and/or general risk avoidance amongst prey. I investigated whether behavioural …

Highlights•Caribbean parrotfish freeze when they see or smell native predatory
groupers.•Caribbean parrotfish do not respond to similar cues from invasive predatory …

Non-consumptive effects of predators can have important impacts on aquatic food webs, but
there are few data on how predators change the behaviour of Caribbean reef fishes. Such …

Despite the overwhelming importance of predation in coral reefs, there is a paucity of
information on how predators interact with and impact prey populations, and behavioural …

Predators may have consumptive (lethal) and non-consumptive (sub-lethal) effects on prey.
Non-consumptive effects include altered behavior and reduced growth and fecundity. Native …

Predators are an important selective pressure for prey, and responses to visual exposure to
non-predators and to allopatric and sympatric predators may assist the understanding of …

Invasive species cause catastrophic alterations to communities worldwide by changing the
trophic balance within ecosystems. Ever since their introduction in the mid 1980's common …

The assimilation of behavioral and evolutionary processes into conservation management
provides insights into how invasive predators affect native fauna. The Indo-Pacific lionfish …

Predator-prey interactions were studied among a small prey fish (the johnny darter
Etheostoma nigrum) and two predators (crayfish Orconectes rusticus and smallmouth bass …

Successful predator defence depends on a prey fish's ability to assess and respond
appropriately to changes in predation risk. In their aquatic environment, prey fishes are …