Testing the assumptions of the ideal despotic distribution with an unpredictable food supply: Experiments in juvenile salmon

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 214-225

  Maclean, Amanda ^a   Huntingford, Felicity A ^a   Ruxton, Graeme D ^a   Morgan, Ian J ^a   Hamilton, Judith ^a   Armstrong, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Ideal despotic distribution; Optimal foraging; Patch choice; Sampling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; RANGE SIZE; SALMONID;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 16244398084     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00927.x     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Abrams, P.A. (2000) The impact of habitat selection on the spatial heterogeneity of resources in varying environments. Ecology, 81, 2902-2913.
2. Armstrong, J.D., Huntingford, F.A. & Herbert, N.A. (1999) Individual space use strategies of wild Atlantic salmon parr. Journal of Fish Biology, 55, 1201-1212.
3. Armstrong, J.D., Shackley, P.E. & Gardiner, R. (1994) Redistribution of juvenile salmonid fishes after localised catastrophic depletion. Journal of Fish Biology, 45, 1027-1039.
4. Bernstein, C., Kacelnik, A. & Krebs, J.R. (1988) Individual decisions and the distribution of predators in a patchy environment. Journal of Animal Ecology, 57, 1007-1026.
5. Brown, C. & Laland, K.N. (2003) Social learning in fishes: a review. Fish and Fisheries, 4, 280-288.
6. Calsbeek, R. & Sinervo, B. (2002) An experimental test of the ideal despotic distribution. Journal of Animal Ecology, 71, 513-523.
7. Clarke, C.W. & Mangel, M. (2000) Dynamic State Variable Models in Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
8. Csanyi, V. (1985) Ethological analysis of predator avoidance by the paradise fish Macropodus opercularis L. Part 1. Recognition and learning of predators. Behaviour, 92, 227-240.
9. De Vries, H. (1998) Finding a dominance order most consistent with a linear hierarchy: a new procedure and review. Animal Behaviour, 55, 827-843.
10. Egglishaw, H.J. & Shackley, P.E. (1977) Growth, survival and production of juvenile salmon and trout in a Scottish stream 1966-75. Journal of Fish Biology, 11, 647-672.
11. Fausch, K.D. (1984) Profitable stream positions for salmonids: relating specific growth rate to net energy gain. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62, 441-451.
12. Forsgren, E. (1992) Predation risk affects mate choice in a gobiid fish. American Naturalist, 140, 1041-1049.
13. Fretwell, S.D. (1972) Populations in a Seasonal Environment. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
14. Gill, J.A., Sutherland, W.J. & Norris, K. (2001) Depletion models can predict shorebird distribution at different spatial scales. Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Series B, 268, 369-376.
15. Giraldeau, L.A. & Caraco, T. (2000) Social Foraging Theory. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
16. Godin, J.G.J. & Briggs, S.E. (1996) Female choice under predation risk in the guppy. Animal Behaviour, 51, 117-130.
17. Gotceitas, V. & Godin, J.-G.J. (1992) Effects of location of food delivery and social status on foraging-site selection by juvenile Atlantic salmon. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 35, 291-300.
18. Green, C.M. & Stamps, J.A. (2001) Habitat selection at low population densitites. Ecology, 82, 2091-2100.
19. Hakoyama, H. & Iguchi, K. (2001) Transition from a random to an ideal free to an ideal despotic distribution: the effect of individual difference in growth. Journal of Ethology, 19, 129-137.
20. Harwood, A.J., Armstrong, J.D., Metcalfe, N.B. & Griffiths, S.W. (2003) Does dominance status correlate with growth in wild stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)? Behavioral Ecology, 14, 902-908.
21. Heggenes, J., Baglinière, J. & Cunjak, R. (1999) Spatial niche variability for young Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and brown trout (S. trutta) in heterogeneous streams. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 8, 1-21.
22. Hughes, N.F. (1992) Ranking of feeding positions by drift-feeding Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in dominance hierarchies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 49, 1994-1998.
23. Huntingford, F.A. & Wright, P.J. (1989) How sticklebacks learn to avoid dangerous feeding places. Behavioural Processes, 19, 181-189.
24. Kalleberg, H. (1958) Observations in a stream tank of territoriality and competition in juvenile salmon and trout (Salmo salar L. & S. trutta L.). Report of the Institute of Freshwater Research Drottingholm, 31, 55-98.
25. Kats, L.B. & Dill, L.M. (1996) The scent of death: chemosensory assessment of predaiton risk by prey animals. Ecoscience, 5, 361-394.
26. Kavaliers, M. & Choleris, E. (2001) Anti-predator responses and defensive behaviour: ecological and ethological approaches for the neurosciences. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 25, 577-586.
27. Kelly, W.H. (1967) Marking freshwater and marine fish by injected dyes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, 96, 163-175.
28. Kemp, P.S., Gilvear, D.J. & Armstrong, J.D. (2003) Do juvenile Atlantic salmon track local changes in water flow? Rivers Ecology and Management, 19, 569-575.
29. Koops, M.A. & Abrahams, M.V. (1999) Assessing the ideal free distribution: do guppies use aggression as public information about patch quality? Ethology, 105, 737-746.
30. Krause, J. & Ruxton, G.D. (2002) Living in Groups. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
31. Leaver, L.A. & Daly, M. (2003) Effects of predation risk on selectivity in heteromyid rodents. Behavioural Processes, 64, 71-75.
32. Lima, S.L. (1998) Nonlethal effects in the ecology of predator-prey interactions - what are the ecological effects of anti-predator decision-making? Bioscience, 48, 25-34.
33. Lima, S.L. & Dill, L.M. (1990) Behavioural decisions made under the risk of predation - a review and prospectus. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68, 619-640.
34. Lubin, Y., Henschel, J.R. & Baker, M.B. (2001) Costs of aggregation: shadow competition in a sit-and-wait predator. Oikos, 95, 59-68.
35. MacLean, A., Miles, M.S. & Armstrong, J.D. (2003) A computer activated food delivery system for dispensing natural prey items among complex arrays of patches. Journal of Fish Biology, 63, 1610-1614.
36. Martin-Smith, K. & Armstrong, J.D. (2002) Growth rates of wild stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon correlate with activity and sex but not dominance. Journal of Animal Ecology, 71, 413-423.
37. Mayer, M.D. & Valone, T.J. (1999) Foraging under multiple costs: the importance of predation, energetic and assessment error to a desert forager. Oikos, 87, 571-579.
38. Metcalfe, N.B., Huntingford, F.A., Graham, W.D. & Thorpe, J.E. (1989) Early social status and the development of life-history strategies in Atlantic salmon. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 236, 7-19.
39. Metcalfe, N.B., Taylor, A.C. & Thorpe, J.E. (1995) Metabolic rate, social status and life-history strategies in Atlantic salmon. Animal Behaviour, 49, 431-436.
40. Metcalfe, N.B. & Thorpe, J.E. (1990) Determinants of geographical variation in the age of seaward migrating salmon, Salmo salar. Journal of Animal Ecology, 59, 135-145.
41. Mitchell, W.A. & Lima, S.L. (2002) Predator-prey shell games: large-scale movement and its implications for decision-making by prey. Oikos, 99, 249-259.
42. Nakano, S. (1995) Individual differences in resource use, growth and emigration under the influence of a dominance hierarchy in fluvial red-spotted masu salmon in a natural habitat. Journal of Animal Ecology, 64, 75-84.
43. Nislow, K.H., Folt, C.L. & Parrish, D.L. (1999) Favourable foraging locations for young Atlantic salmon: application to habitat and population restoration. Ecological Applications, 9, 1085-1099.
44. Ruxton, G.D., Armstrong, J.D. & Humphries, S. (1999) Modelling territorial behaviour of animals in variable environments. Animal Behaviour, 58, 113-120.
45. Sloman, K.A. & Armstrong, J.D. (2002) Physiological effects of dominance hierarchies: laboratory artefacts or natural phenomena? Journal of Fish Biology, 61, 1-23.
46. Sutherland, W.J. (1996) From Individual Behaviour to Population Ecology. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
47. Tome, D. (2003) Nest site selection and predation driven despotic distribution of breeding long-eared owls. Journal of Avian Biology, 34, 150-154.
48. Tregenza, T., Hack, M.A. & Thompson, D.J. (1996) Relative competitive success of unequal competitors changes with overall density. Oikos, 77, 158-162.
49. Wisenden, B.D. (2000) Olfactory assessment of predation risk in the aquatic environment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London, 355B, 1205-1208.
50. Zimmerman, G.S., La Haye, W.S. & Gutierrez, R.J. (2003) Empirical support for a despotic distribution in a California spotted owl population. Behavioural Ecology, 14, 433-437.