Fright reaction in light and dark: how visual information availability modulates the response to chemical alarm cues

Paglianti, A.; Ceccolini, Filippo; Berti, Roberto

doi:10.1080/03949370903516016

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“…The environment experienced in early-life may not match the environment experienced in later life for a variety of reasons, including environmental change, stochastic events and niche shifts, but also dispersal and migration (Burton and Metcalfe 2014 ). In addition, environmental cues are not always accurately perceived by parent or offspring (Paglianti et al 2010 ; Bocedi et al 2012 ). In order to optimise predictability of future environments, biological processes should have evolved to use as broad a sampling window and as diverse a range of cues as possible (Burton and Metcalfe 2014 ).…”

Section: Why the Early-life Environment Affects The Development Of Comentioning

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Why and how the early-life environment affects development of coping behaviours

Langenhof

Komdeur

2018

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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Understanding the ways in which individuals cope with threats, respond to challenges, make use of opportunities and mediate the harmful effects of their surroundings is important for predicting their ability to function in a rapidly changing world. Perhaps one of the most essential drivers of coping behaviour of adults is the environment experienced during their early-life development. Although the study of coping, defined as behaviours displayed in response to environmental challenges, has a long and rich research history in biology, recent literature has repeatedly pointed out that the processes through which coping behaviours develop in individuals are still largely unknown. In this review, we make a move towards integrating ultimate and proximate lines of coping behaviour research. After broadly defining coping behaviours (1), we review why, from an evolutionary perspective, the development of coping has become tightly linked to the early-life environment (2), which relevant developmental processes are most important in creating coping behaviours adjusted to the early-life environment (3), which influences have been shown to impact those developmental processes (4) and what the adaptive significance of intergenerational transmission of coping behaviours is, in the context of behavioural adaptations to a fast changing world (5). Important concepts such as effects of parents, habitat, nutrition, social group and stress are discussed using examples from empirical studies on mammals, fish, birds and other animals. In the discussion, we address important problems that arise when studying the development of coping behaviours and suggest solutions.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1007/s00265-018-2452-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Section: Why the Early-life Environment Affects The Development Of Comentioning

confidence: 99%

Why and how the early-life environment affects development of coping behaviours

Langenhof

Komdeur

2018

Behav Ecol Sociobiol

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“…Human-induced pollution of air, water or the chemical environment, can distort the cues that animals rely on, and in doing so limit individuals' ability to respond effectively [40,41]. For example, fish responses to chemical alarm cues, which elicit anti-predator behaviour in conspecifics, are affected by both light levels and visibility in the water [44].…”

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Coping with Change: A Closer Look at the Underlying Attributes of Change and the Individual Response to Unstable Environments

Langenhof

Komdeur

2013

Sustainability

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Abstract:Although the study of environmental change has long been of academic interest, the effects of change have become a much more pressing concern in the past few decades due to the often disruptive effect of human expansion and innovation. Researchers from many fields contribute to understanding our footprint on the natural world, problems we cause, and strategies we can employ to protect key species and ecosystems. Unfortunately, environmental change and its consequences are often studied without an awareness of the inherent attributes of the changes. As a result, the relevance of new advances in this field may be easily missed or misunderstood, and existing knowledge is not optimally applied. In this paper, we aim to facilitate the multi-disciplinary comparison of studies on environmental change, by offering a meta-level perspective on the process of change from the point of view of the individual animal. We propose an inclusive definition of change that can be applied across contexts, in which we take our understanding of -change‖ from an event to an interaction between a physical occurrence and an individual's state. Furthermore, we discuss key event-and individual-based attributes of change, their relevance in today's changing world, and how they relate to animals' available behavioural, physiological and cross-generational responses. We hope that by uncovering the underlying fundamental (or structure) of change, fellow scientists may better share their experience and knowledge gained from years of studying individual species and situations.

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