… that threat-sensitive antipredator responses are influenced by the background level of risk
that … The fascinating next step in understanding the nature of prey antipredator responses is to …

… when the background level of risk is higher. Our work highlights that background level of risk
… a high-risk background displaying stronger anti-predator responses to the learned predator …

… anti-predator response towards a novel predator cue was dependent upon the level of
background … Convict cichlids pre-exposed to high-risk conditions showed stronger responses than …

… In this experiment, we tested whether gradation of background level of risk in the field
would lead to a gradation of intensities of antipredator responses of larval mosquitoes to a …

… To investigate whether background choice in the least killifish was related to the level of
predation risk, we used convict cichlids (Amatitlania siquia) to simulate predation threat. Convict …

… The survival curve combines the probability of response together with the response
timing (in our case response distance or stimulus angular size). However, it is very easy to …

… Specifically, if prey exhibit an antipredator response when the novel cue represents an …
background levels of risk were established, we tested fish from each group for responses to …

… is imbedded should affect the level of response, and predicting that vigilance … for responses
of vigilance to daily wolf presence (temporal variation) and to site-specific, background levels …

… risk, and responses to current levels of risk may be influenced by background levels of risk.
A ‘… proposed to predict the intensity of antipredator responses that should occur as predation …

… managed populations for changes in anti-predator traits. Here, we … anti-predator responses
and identifies assay types and predator cues that provoke the greatest behavioural responses…