Humans, like natural predators, can induce fear in wildlife, which has the potential to alter
species-level survival and fitness. Though anthropogenic impacts on wildlife have been …

Recent studies have argued that changes in fire regimes in the 21st century are posing a
major threat to global biodiversity. In this scenario, incorporating species' physiological …

Risk-taking in birds is often measured as the flight initiation distance (FID), the distance at
which individuals take flight when approached by a potential predator (typically a human) …

Advances in human technology can lead to widespread and rapid increases in interactions
between wildlife and potentially disturbing stimuli. The recreational use of drones is …

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many people around the world stayed home, drastically
altering human activity in cities. This exceptional moment provided researchers the …

There is not a single species that does not strive for survival. Every species has crafted
specialized techniques to avoid possible dangers that mostly come from the side of their …

Highlights•Prey face trade-offs across multiple stages of the antipredator response.•We
explore repeatability of antipredator responses and correlations between stages.•Human …

The escape behaviour, measured as flight initiation distance (FID; the distance at which
individuals take flight when approached by a potential predator, usually a human in the …

(1) Background: With rapid urbanization, birds are facing a variety of challenges. Evaluating
bird behaviour changes in response to urbanization can help us understand how to make …

Group living is thought to have important antipredator benefits for animals, owing to the
mechanisms of shared vigilance (“many-eyes” hypothesis), risk dilution (“dilution effect” …