Interspecific shell transfer by mutual predation site attendance
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Direct shell transfer in hermit crabs improves their shell quality and occurs only during the overlapping of shell exchange behavior patterns. The hermit crabs, Clibanarius vittatus and Pagurus pollicaris, exchange shell resources only due to their responses to odors from predation sites and primarily with empty shells since their shell exchange behavior is dissimilar. Mutual attendance of these two species at the predation sites leads to the indirect transfer of shell resources. C. vittatus and P. pollicaris species of crab show a high degree of overlapping in shell use most likely due to predation site exchanges.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1996
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Cultural transmission of predator recognition in fishes: intraspecific and interspecific learning
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Selected fathead minnows and brook sticklebacks were observed to determine whether the minnows could culturally transmit the recognition of the odor of a natural predator between conspecifics. They were also observed to establish whether cultural transmission of predator recognition could occur between heterospecifics. Results indicate that cultural transmission of predator recognition between experienced and naive fathead minnows occurred. Naive brook sticklebacks and fathead minnows may benefit from mixed-species connections by gaining knowledge from heterospecifics concerning predator recognition.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1996
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Lack of preference for low-predation-risk habitats in larval damselflies explained by costs of intraspecific interactions
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Larval damselflies are less at risk from fish predation where vegetation is dense, but may be more at risk from aggressive interactions.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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