Effects of prey movement and background on predatory behavior of chameleons

Askew, H.; Musimeci, Marilyn; Sloane, Lesley; Stephan, Linda

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“…Rather, the usual pattern is that reptiles and amphibians are bom with stimulus predispositions that control the release of phylogenetically preorganized feeding responses (see Burghardt, 1966;Burghardt & Abeshaheen, 1971;Fuchs & Burghardt, 1971;Herzog & Burghardt, 1974). SUBOSKI Unlearned releasers may 00 general stimulus characteristics of environmental objects such as size and movement (Askew et al, 1970;Burghardt, 1964Burghardt, , 1969Herzog & Burghardt, 1974;Ingle, 1968). Unlearned releasers may also 00, as has been widely demonstrated for snakes, specific stimulus characteristics such as chemosensory features of particular prey species.…”

Section: Learned Recognitiod Of Foodmentioning

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Releaser-induced recognition learning by amphibians and reptiles

Suboski

1992

Animal Learning & Behavior

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This review evaluates the bases of the widely held assumption that amphibians and reptiles possess impoverished learning abilities. ProceduraHy defined forms of learning (instrumental conditioning, Pavlovian conditioning and autoshaping, imprinting, and social learning) are reviewed, as weH as evidence for the involvement of learning in various behavioral phenomena, including aversive stimulus and predator avoidance, noxious and palatable food recognition, conditioned aversion formation, search image, conspecific recognition, habitat recognition, and cultural transmission of stimulus recognition. The evidence reviewed suggests that amphibian and reptilian learning, for the most part, consists of a releasing-stimulus-induced redirection of innately organized released responses. Amphibians and reptiles appear to learn what stimulus to respond to rather than how to respond to a particular stimulus.

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Section: Learned Recognitiod Of Foodmentioning

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Releaser-induced recognition learning by amphibians and reptiles

Suboski

1992

Animal Learning & Behavior

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“…Several authors have stressed the importance of visual stimuli on predatory behavior in lizards belonging to other families. In general, visual cues appear to be important in locating prey and orienting predatory attacks in three-dimensional space (Cooper, 1981), in prey discrimination and selection (Askew, Musimeci, Sloane, & Stephan, 1970;Brockhusen-Holzer & Curio, 1990;Burghardt, 1964;Díaz & Carrascal, 1993;Kaufman et al, 1996;Reznick, Sexton, & Mantis, 1981), and in rejection of distasteful prey (Boyden, 1976;Hasegawa & Taniguchi, 1994;Sexton, 1964).…”

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Stimulus control of predatory behavior by the Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanica, Sauria, Lacertidae): Effects of familiarity with prey.

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Guillén-Salazar

2003

Journal of Comparative Psychology

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The authors examine the relative roles of vision and chemoreception and the influence of previous experience with prey on the predatory behavior of Iberian wall lizards (Podarcis hispanica). Experiment 1 compared the responses to visual, chemical, and a combination of visual and chemical cues of a familiar prey by 2 groups of lizards that had been kept in captivity for either 3 months or 21 days. Experiment 2 assessed the responses of lizards kept in the laboratory for more than 3 months to a novel prey species. The results reveal that feeding on a prey species affects the lizards' responses to chemical stimuli from that prey. The response to chemical cues of a novel prey requires a 1st-feeding experience with that prey. Lizards that have been fed the same prey species for several months cease responding to the chemical stimuli of that particular prey.

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“…Because previous studies have shown that both visual and olfactory cues are important in the foraging behavior of brown treesnakes, we attempted to incorporate visual and odor cues into the construction of an artificial lure to increase its effectiveness relative to the use of chemical cues alone. The importance of the visual aspects of movement on prey selection in snakes (Burghardt, 1966;Smith and Watson, 1972;Herzog and Burghardt, 1974) and lizards (Askew et al, 1970;Gluesing, 1983;Kaufman et al, 1996) is well known. Predators generally orient to moving versus nonmoving prey.…”

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Mechanical Mouse Lure for Brown Treesnakes

Lindberg

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Clark

2000

Copeia

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The importance of prey movement for stimulating feeding behavior of Brown Treesnakes was tested by using a mechanical mouse model in combination with and without prey odor. Prey movement was found to be important in stimulating brown treesnake feeding behavior. Prey movement combined with prey odor was not significantly different than prey movement alone. In the development of simple artificial lures based on the stimulus of live mice, visual lures lacking movement are likely to be ineffective. Lures that combine a visual moving stimulus with prey odor are likely to be the most effective artificial lure for trapping brown treesnakes.

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Effects of prey movement and background on predatory behavior of chameleons

Abstract: Four small populations of American chameleons (Anolis carolinensis) were tested to

Cited by 10 publications

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Releaser-induced recognition learning by amphibians and reptiles

Releaser-induced recognition learning by amphibians and reptiles

Stimulus control of predatory behavior by the Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanica, Sauria, Lacertidae): Effects of familiarity with prey.

Mechanical Mouse Lure for Brown Treesnakes

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