Chemosensory predator recognition induces specific defensive behaviours in a fossorial amphisbaenian

López, Pílar; Martı́n, José

doi:10.1006/anbe.2001.1762

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“…Antipredator tactics depend upon a range of factors that influence the relative success of different potential responses. For example, the optimal antipredator response may depend upon attributes of the predator (such as its species and size: Lopez & Martin 2001;Persons & Rypstra 2001;Van Buskirk 2001;Bealor & Krekorian 2002), of the habitat where the encounter occurs (such as distance to refugia: Duvall et al 1990;Smith 1997;Labra & Leonard 1999), the social context of the encounter (such as presence of offspring: Clutton-Brock 1991) or of the prey animal itself (such as age, body size, sex, and capacity to flee or retaliate: Keogh & DeSerto 1994;Passek & Gillingham 1997;Fox et al 1998;Brown et al 2001;Hanson & Coss 2001;Mori & Burghardt 2001;Williams et al 2001;Head et al 2002). Another potentially important factor that has attracted less scientific attention is the exact form of attack, and especially the specific part of the body that is the focus of the predator's attentions (Brodie 1977;Ducey et al 1993).…”

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Predatory Attacks to the Head vs. Body Modify Behavioral Responses of Garter Snakes

2004

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An animal's response to predatory attack may depend upon which part of its body is the focus of that attack, because of differential vulnerability to injury. Many avian and mammalian predators direct attacks preferentially toward the prey's head, so simulated attacks that do not have this focus may elicit nonnatural responses. We ÔpeckedÕ 152 free-ranging adult male garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) in Manitoba either on the head or the midbody, and recorded their responses. The snakesÕ antipredator tactics were affected not only by body size (larger snakes performed threat displays more often) and body temperature (hotter snakes were more likely to flee), but also by location of the attack. Pecks to the head generally resulted in snakes coiling and hiding their heads, often simultaneously elevating and wriggling their tails in an apparent distraction display. In contrast, pecks to the midbody stimulated either escape responses, or (in snakes that did not flee) open-mouthed threat displays. More generally, antipredator tactics may respond in flexible ways to details of the predator-prey encounter (including attributes of the habitat as well as the morphology and behavior of both participants) and hence, experimental studies need to carefully simulate such details. The part of the body under attack may be an important factor in this respect.

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Predatory Attacks to the Head vs. Body Modify Behavioral Responses of Garter Snakes

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“…Crypsis is one of the most frequent antipredator strategies throughout the animal kingdom; it occurs in amphibians (Laurila et al 1997, Petranka andHayes 1998), reptiles (Lopez and Martin 2001), and insects (e.g., orthopterans, Hatle and Faragher 1998). Crypsis is the resemblance of an animal to its background, and its simplest form is color matching.…”

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Behavioral Response of Mantid Hierodula patellifera to Wind as an Antipredator Strategy

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2009

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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We tested the hypothesis that the mantid Hierodula patellifera (Serville) sways its body to mimic trembling leaves in the wind as an antipredator strategy. In the field, walking and bodyswaying behavior were observed more frequently when the wind blew harder; mantids began walking and swaying as wind velocity increased. In the laboratory, walking and swaying behavior were observed more frequently under windy than under windless conditions, and mantids walked and swayed more frequently when wind velocity was variable than under constant velocity conditions. The discovery rate of the prey mantids by predators was significantly lower on swaying leaves than on fixed leaves. Our results thus indicate that mantids responded actively to wind, and we suggest that walking and body-swaying behaviors are adaptive in reducing the risk of predation.

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“…Also, the small size of C. mauritanicus might suggest that they preferentially feed on other small prey types, such as ants or termites, as other fossorial lizards do (Huey et al 1974). However, termites are very rare in these islands and ants seem to be avoided, as by other skinks (Kalboussi & Nouira 2004;Civantos et al 2013), probably because ants provide low energy and contain a large amount of indigestible chitin, and their colonial defensive behaviour might effectively preclude underground attacks by small fossorial reptiles (López & Martín 1994, 2001.…”

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Occurrence and ecological aspects of the two-fingered skinkChalcides mauritanicusin the Chafarinas Islands in North Africa

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García‐Roa

Ortega

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African Journal of Herpetology

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Chemosensory predator recognition induces specific defensive behaviours in a fossorial amphisbaenian

Cited by 33 publications

References 29 publications

Predatory Attacks to the Head vs. Body Modify Behavioral Responses of Garter Snakes

Predatory Attacks to the Head vs. Body Modify Behavioral Responses of Garter Snakes

Behavioral Response of Mantid Hierodula patellifera to Wind as an Antipredator Strategy

Occurrence and ecological aspects of the two-fingered skinkChalcides mauritanicusin the Chafarinas Islands in North Africa

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