Preference for habitats with low structural complexity in the praying mantid Ciulfina sp. (Mantidae)

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Hill, Phoebe J B ^a   Holwell, Greg I ^a   Göth, Ann ^a   Herberstein, Marie E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bark; Habitat complexity; Habitat selection; Mantid; Predator avoidance; Running speed; Tree trunk

Indexed keywords

BARK; COMPLEXITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; CIULFINA; MANTIDAE; MANTODEA;

EID: 3342973842     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Amarasekare P. Competitive coexistence in spatially structured environments: a synthesis. Ecology Letters. 6:2003;1109-1122
2. Anderson O. Optimal foraging by largemouth bass in structural environments. Ecology. 65:1984;851-861
3. Andow D.A. Vegetational diversity and arthropod response. Annual Review of Entomology. 36:1991;561-586
4. Balderson J. The Insects of Australia. 1991;Division of Entomolgy, CSIRO. Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Victoria
5. Bradley R.A. The influence of prey availability and habitat on activity patterns and abundance of Argiope keyserlingi (Araneae: Araneidae). Journal of Arachnology. 21:1993;91-106
6. Brownsmith C.B. Foraging rates of starlings in two habitats. Condor. 79:1977;387-408
7. Crist T.O., Guertin D.S., Wiens J.A., Milne B.T. Animal movement in heterogeneous landscapes: an experiment with Elodes beetles in shortgrass prairie. Functional Ecology. 6:1992;536-544
8. Decaester E., Meester D.L., Dieter E. In deep trouble: habitat selection constrained by multiple enemies in zooplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 99:2002;5481-5485
9. Downes S., Shine R. Heat, safety or solitude? Using habitat selection experiments to identify a lizard's priorities. Animal Behaviour. 55:1998;1387-1396
10. Dyer L.E., Landis D.A. Effects of habitat, temperature and sugar availability on longevity of Eriborus terebrans (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Environmental Entomology. 25:1996;1192-1201
11. Elkin C.M., Baker R.L. Lack of preference for low-predation-risk habitats in larval damselflies explained by costs of intraspecific interactions. Animal Behaviour. 60:2000;511-521
12. Eterovick P.C., Figueira J.E. Cryptic colouration and choice of escape microhabitats by grasshoppers (Orthoptera acrididae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 61:1997;485-499
13. Gilliam J.F., Fraser D.F. Habitat selection under predation hazard: test of a model with foraging minnows. Ecology. 68:1987;1856-1862
14. Gotceitas V., Colgan P. Selection between densities of artificial vegetation by young bluegills avoiding predation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 116:1989;40-49
15. Grand T.C. Alternative forms of competition and predation dramatically affect habitat selection under foraging-predation-risk trade-offs. Behavioural Ecology. 2:2002;280-290
16. Greenstone M.H. Determinants of web spider species diversity: vegetational structural diversity vs. prey availability. Oecologia. 62:1984;299-304
17. Guidetti P. Differences among fish assemblages associated with nearshore Posidonia oceanica seagrass beds, rocky-algal reefs and unvegetated sand habitats in the Adriatic Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 50:2000;515-529
18. Heck K.L., Crowder L.B. Habitat structure and predator prey interactions in vegetated aquatic systems. Bell S.S., McCoy E.D., Mushinsky H.R. Habitat Structure: The Physical Arrangement of Objects in Space. 1991;281-299 Chapman & Hall, New York
19. Hill P.J.B. Habitat selection in the tree-dwelling mantid, Ciulfina sp. Honours Thesis. 2002;Macquarie University
20. Holbrook S.J., Schmitt R.J. Effects of predation risk on foraging behaviour: mechanisms altering patch choice. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 121:1988;151-163
21. Holomuzki J.R., Short T.M. Habitat use and fish avoidance behaviours by the stream dwelling isopod Liceus fontinalis. Oikos. 52:1988;79-86
22. Jones K.M., Boulding E.G. State-dependent habitat selection by an intertidal snail: the costs of selecting a physically stressful microhabitat. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 242:1999;149-177
23. Lima S.L. Maximising feeding efficiency and minimising time exposed to predators: a trade-off in the black-capped chickadee. Oecologia. 66:1985;60-67
24. Lima S.L. Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on escape from predatory attack: a survey of North American birds. Wilson Bulletin. 105:1993;1-47
25. Lima S.L. Nonlethal effects in the ecology of predator-prey interactions. What are the ecological effects of anti-predator decision making? BioScience. 48:1998;25-34
26. Lima S.L., Dill L.M. Behavioural decisions made under risk of predation: a review and prospectus. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 68:1990;619-640
27. Lima S.L., Valone T.J., Caraco T. Foraging efficiency: predation risk trade-off in the grey squirrel. Animal Behaviour. 33:1985;155-165
28. Mangel M. A dynamic habitat selection game. Mathematical Biosciences. 100:1990;241-248
29. Martin J., Salvador A. Microhabitat selection by the Iberian Rock lizard, Lacerta monticola: effects on density and spatial distribution of individuals. Biological Conservation. 79:1995;303-307
30. McNett J.B., Rypstra A.L. Habitat selection in a large orb-weaving spider: vegetational complexity determines site selection and distribution. Ecological Entomology. 25:2000;423-433
31. Morris D.W. Ecological scale and habitat use. Ecology. 68:1987;362-369
32. Morris D.W. Scales and costs of habitat selection in heterogeneous landscapes. Evolutionary Ecology. 6:1992;412-432
33. Perkins-Visser E., Wolcott T.G., Wolcott D.L. Nursery role of seagrass beds: enhanced growth of juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 198:1996;155-173
34. Prete F.R., Hamilton K. Prey capture. Prete F.R., Wells H., Wells P.H., Hurd L.E. The Preying Mantids. 1999;194-223 Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
35. Prete F.R., Placek P.J., Wilson M.A., Mahaffey R.J., Nemcek R.R. Stimulus speed and order of presentation effect the visually released predatory behaviors of the preying mantis, Sphodromantis lineola (Burr.). Brain Behavior and Evolution. 42:1993;281-294
36. Ray M., Stoner A.W. Growth, survivorship, and habitat choice in newly settled seagrass gastropod, Strombus gigas. Marine Ecology Progress Series A. 123:1995;83-94
37. Rentz D. Grasshopper Country. 1996;CSIRO. Division of Entomology, UNSW Press, Canberra, Australia
38. Rosenzweig M.L. Habitat selection and population interactions: the search for mechanism. American Naturalist Supplement. 137:1991;5-28
39. Savino J.F., Stein R.A. Predator-prey interaction between largemouth bass and bluegills as influenced by simulated submersed vegetation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 111:1982;255-266
40. Savino J.F., Stein R.A. Behavioural interactions between fish predators and their prey: effect of plant density. Animal Behaviour. 37:1989;311-321
41. Schooley R.L., Sharpe P.B., Van Horne B. Can shrub cover increase predation risk for a desert rodent? Canadian Journal of Zoology. 74:1996;157-163
42. Sih A. Predators and prey lifestyles: an evolutionary and ecological overview. Kerfoot W.C., Sih A. Predation: Direct and Indirect Impacts on Aquatic Communities. 1987;203-222 University Press of New England, New Hampshire
43. Sutherland W.J. From Individual Behaviour to Population Ecology. 1996;Oxford University Press, New York
44. Swisher B.J., Soluk D.A., Wahl D.H. Non-additive predation in littoral habitats: influences of habitat complexity. Oikos. 81:1998;30-37
45. Utne A.C.W., Aksnes D.L. An experimental study on the influence of feeding versus predation risk in the habitat choice of juvenile and adult two-spotted goby, Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 179:1994;69-79