Essays about: "predation risk"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 49 essays containing the words predation risk.
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6. Non-naivety in a long-lived ungulate : learning effects of shooting moose calves?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Habitat selection and movement are considered important factors for survival of game species when they are hunted by humans. To reduce their risk of predation, animals can adapt their behavior to their most abundant predator over time through experience. READ MORE
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7. Evaluating the behavioural response of moose (Alces alces) to acoustic stimuli
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EcologyAbstract : Fear in animals is a motivational state that cause the animals to change their behaviour. Anti-predator behaviour is innate behaviours shown by prey species in situations where there is an increased risk of predation. This can be caused by the presence of the actual predator or by implied presence by acoustic, olfactory or visual cues. READ MORE
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8. Predation as a driver of reproductive isolation : Differences in predation risk between whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) spawning habitats
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskapAbstract : The origin and maintenance of much of natural biodiversity can likely be explained by theecological speciation theory. Ecological speciation is defined as the process whenreproductive isolation arises through divergent selection caused by ecological factors, such asbiotic interactions and abiotic conditions. READ MORE
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9. Beteendeeffekter av antidepressivt läkemedel på abborre (Perca fluviatilis) : socialt och aktivt beteende undersökts genom att kombinera behandlingar med oxazepam, temperatur och predationstryck
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Användandet av antidepressiva och ångestdämpande läkemedel, som ex. oxazepam, ökar i samhället vilket kan leda till höga halter i våra vattendrag. Tidigare studier har visat att abborrar som blir utsatta för miljörelevanta koncentrationer av oxazepam ändrar sitt beteende. READ MORE
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10. Anti-predatory responses of White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) to simulated risk. Does poaching create a landscape of fear?
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : Predators affect prey’s behaviour which can lead preys to change their spatial use of the habitat, creating a landscape of fear. This is not generally the case for white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), which as megaherbivores (... READ MORE
