Non‐consumptive predator effects on prey population size: A dearth of evidence

MJ Sheriff, SD Peacor, D Hawlena… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a large and growing interest in non‐consumptive effects (NCEs) of predators.
Diverse and extensive evidence shows that predation risk directly influences prey traits …

Nest predation research: recent findings and future perspectives

JD Ibáñez-Álamo, RD Magrath, JC Oteyza… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Nest predation is a key source of selection for birds that has attracted increasing attention
from ornithologists. The inclusion of new concepts applicable to nest predation that stem …

Fear of humans as apex predators has landscape‐scale impacts from mountain lions to mice

JP Suraci, M Clinchy, LY Zanette, CC Wilmers - Ecology letters, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Apex predators such as large carnivores can have cascading, landscape‐scale impacts
across wildlife communities, which could result largely from the fear they inspire, although …

Diel predator activity drives a dynamic landscape of fear

MT Kohl, DR Stahler, MC Metz… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A “landscape of fear”(LOF) is a map that describes continuous spatial variation in an
animal's perception of predation risk. The relief on this map reflects, for example, places that …

A framework and standardized terminology to facilitate the study of predation‐risk effects

SD Peacor, BT Barton, DL Kimbro, A Sih, MJ Sheriff - Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The very presence of predators can strongly influence flexible prey traits such as behavior,
morphology, life history, and physiology. In a rapidly growing body of literature representing …

Demography beyond the population

AB Griffith, R Salguero‐Gómez, C Merow… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Population ecology, the discipline that studies the dynamics of species' populations and how
they interact with the environment, has been one of the most prolific fields of ecology and …

The role of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal axis in mediating predator-avoidance trade-offs

BN Harris, JA Carr - General and comparative endocrinology, 2016 - Elsevier
Maintaining energy balance and reproducing are important for fitness, yet animals have
evolved mechanisms by which the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal/interrenal (HPA/HPI) axis …

Loss of an apex predator in the wild induces physiological and behavioural changes in prey

N Hammerschlag, C Fallows, M Meÿer… - Biology …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Predators can impact prey via predation or risk effects, which can initiate trophic cascades.
Given widespread population declines of apex predators, understanding and predicting the …

Ecophysiological effects of predation risk; an integration across disciplines

MJ Sheriff, JS Thaler - Oecologia, 2014 - Springer
Accepted: 22 September 2014/Published online: 15 October 2014© Springer-Verlag Berlin
Heidelberg 2014 integration of physiological responses has received less attention. This is …

Short-and long-term behavioural, physiological and stoichiometric responses to predation risk indicate chronic stress and compensatory mechanisms

M Van Dievel, L Janssens, R Stoks - Oecologia, 2016 - Springer
Prey organisms are expected to use different short-and long-term responses to predation
risk to avoid excessive costs. Contrasting both types of responses is important to identify …