Training captive-bred or translocated animals to avoid predators

Article Abstract:

Animal reintroductions and translocations are important interventions to save species from extinction. The evolutionary and ontogenetic approach is described under which antipredator behavior may degenerate or be lost. It is suggested that training can improve antipredator skills but the effectiveness of such interventions is influenced by a number of constraints.

Protection and preservation, Extinct animals, Wildlife reintroduction

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Learning specificity in acquired predator recognition

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The responses of tammar wallabies, Macropus eugenii, to a model fox, Vulpes vulpes, were enhanced in order to investigate the specificity of learning in a predator recognition context. It was found that training prompted a fear response to a model fox that linked immediate locomotion and sustained vigilance.

Animal behavior, Conditioned response, Conditioned responses

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Social learning of antipredator behaviour in a marsupial

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The transmission of the socially acquired predator recognition response to the predator-naive marsupials is examined. The social learning in a marsupial suggests that they have cognitive characteristics convergent with those of eutherian mammals.

Evaluation, Predation (Biology), Social behavior in animals, Animal social behavior, Social learning, Animal social behaviour

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