Towards a predictive framework for predator risk effects: The interaction of landscape features and prey escape tactics

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-562

  Heithaus, Michael R ^a   Wirsing, Aaron J ^a,b   Burkholder, Derek ^a   Thomson, Jordan ^c   Dill, Lawrence M ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti predator behaviour; Community dynamics; Nonconsumptive effects; Seagrass ecosystem; Tiger shark; Top down effects; Trait mediated indirect interactions (TMII)

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEABIRD; SEAGRASS; SHARK; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; DOLPHIN; DUGONG; ECOSYSTEM; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; SHARK;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DOLPHINS; DUGONG; ECOSYSTEM; ESCAPE REACTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SHARKS;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHONDRICHTHYES; DUGONG DUGON; GALEOCERDO; GALEOCERDO CUVIER; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX VARIUS; TESTUDINES; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63849338766     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01512.x     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Brown, C.R. Brown, M.B. (1996) Coloniality in the Cliff Swallow: The Effect of Group Size on Social Behavior. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.
2. Brown, J.S. Kotler, B.P. (2004) Hazardous duty pay and the foraging cost of predation Ecology Letters, 7, 999 1014.
3. Creel, S. Christianson, D. (2008) Relationships between direct predation and risk effects. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 23, 194 201.
4. Creel, S. Creel, N.M. (2002) The African Wild Dog: Behaviour, Ecology and Conservation. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
5. Creel, S., Christianson, D., Liley, S. Winnie, J.A. Jr. (2007) Predation risk affects reproductive physiology and demography of elk. Science, 315, 960.
6. Hebblewhite, M, Merrill, E.H. McDonald, T.L. (2005) Spatial decomposition of predation risk using resource selection functions: an example in a wolf-elk predator-prey system. Oikos, 111, 101 111.
7. Heithaus, M.R. (2001a) Habitat selection by predators and prey in communities with asymmetrical intraguild predation. Oikos, 92, 542 554.
8. Heithaus, M.R. (2001b) Shark attacks on bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) in Shark Bay, Western Australia: attack rate, bite scar frequencies, and attack seasonality. Marine Mammal Science, 17, 526 539.
9. Heithaus, M.R. (2001c) The biology of tiger sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, in Shark Bay, Western Australia: sex ratio, size distribution, diet and seasonal changes in catch rates. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 61, 25 36.
10. Heithaus, M.R. (2004) Fish communities of subtropical seagrass meadows and associated habitats in Shark Bay, Western Australia. Bulletin of Marine Sciences, 75 : 79 99.
11. Heithaus, M.R. (2005) Habitat use and group size of pied cormorants (Phalacrocorax varius) in a seagrass ecosystem: possible effects of food abundance and predation risk. Marine Biology, 147, 27 35.
12. Heithaus, M.R. Dill, L.M. (2006) Does tiger shark predation risk influence foraging habitat use by bottlenose dolphins at multiple spatial scales? Oikos, 114, 257 264.
13. Heithaus, M.R., Dill, L.M., Marshall, G.J. Buhleier, B.M. (2002) Habitat use and foraging behavior of tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) in a subtropical seagrass ecosystem. Marine Biology, 140, 229 236.
14. Heithaus, M.R., Hamilton, I.M., Wirsing, A.J. Dill, L.M. (2006) Validation of a randomization procedure to assess animal habitat preferences: microhabitat use of tiger sharks in a seagrass ecosystem. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75, 666 676.
15. Heithaus, M.R., Frid, A., Wirsing, A.J., Dill, L.M., Fourqurean, J.W., Burkholder, D., Thomson, J.A. Bejder, L. (2007) State-dependent risk-taking by green sea turtles mediates top-down effects of tiger shark intimidation in a marine ecosystem Journal of Animal Ecology, 76, 837 844.
16. Heithaus, M.R., Frid, A., Wirsing, A.J. Worm, B. (2008) Predicting ecological consequences of marine top predator declines. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 23, 202 210.
17. Hugie, D.M. Dill, L.M. (1994) Fish and game - a game theoretic approach to habitat selection by predators and prey Journal of Fish Biology, 45 (Suppl. A 151 169.
18. Kauffman, M.J., Varley, M., Smith, D.W., Stahler, D.R., MacNulty, D.R. Boyce, M.S. (2007) Landscape heterogeneity shapes predation in a newly restored predator-prey system. Ecology Letters, 10, 690 700.
19. Lima, S.L. (1992) Strong preferences for apparently dangerous habitats? A consequence of differential escape from predators. Oikos, 64, 597 600.
20. Lima, S.L. (1993) Ecological and evolutionary perspectives on escape from predatory attack: a survey of North American birds. Wilson Bulletin, 105, 1 47.
21. Mills, M.G.L. (1990) Kalahari Hyaenas: Comparative Behavioural Ecology of Two Species. Unwin Hyman, London.
22. Preisser, E.L., Bolnick, D.I. Bernard, M.F. (2005) Scared to death? The effects of intimidation and consumption in predator-prey interactions. Ecology, 86, 501 509.
23. Preisser, E.L., Orrock, J.L. Schmitz, O.J. (2007) Predator hunting mode and habitat domain alter nonconsumptive effects in predator-prey interactions. Ecology, 88, 2744 2751.
24. Schmitz, O.J. (2006) Scaling from plot experiments to landscapes: studying grasshoppers to inform forest ecosystem management. Oecologia, 145, 225 234.
25. Schmitz, O.J. (2007) Predator diversity and trophic interactions. Ecology, 88, 2415 2426.
26. Schmitz, O.J. (2008) Effects of predator hunting mode on grassland ecosystem function. Science, 319, 952 954.
27. Schmitz, O.J., Kriva, V. Ovadia, O. (2004) Trophic cascades: the primacy of trait-mediated indirect interactions. Ecology Letters, 7, 153 163.
28. Wirsing, A.J., Heithaus, M.R. Dill, L.M. (2006) Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) abundance and growth in a subtropical embayment: evidence from 7 years of standardized fishing effort. Marine Biology, 149, 961 968.
29. Wirsing, A.J., Heithaus, M.R. Dill, L.M. (2007a) Fear factor: do dugongs (Dugong dugon) trade food for safety from tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier)? Oecologia, 153, 1031 1040.
30. Wirsing, A.J., Heithaus, M.R. Dill, L.M. (2007b) Living on the edge: dugongs prefer to forage in microhabitats allowing for escape from rather than avoidance of predators. Animal Behaviour, 74, 93 101.