Freezing or death feigning? Beetles selected for long death feigning showed different tactics against different predators
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8533
Abstract: Abstract Prey evolve antipredator strategies against multiple enemies in nature. We examined how a prey species adopts different predation avoidance tactics against pursuit or sit‐and‐wait predators. As prey, we used three strains of Tribolium beetles… read more here.
Keywords: death feigning; strain; freezing death; death ... See more keywords
Relationship between death-feigning behavior and population density in a beetle
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DOI: 10.1007/s10164-021-00713-2
Abstract: Death feigning is an anti-predator behavior that is found in many animal taxa. Death feigning is thought to inhibit further attacks by predators and reduce the perceived need of the predator to subdue prey further.… read more here.
Keywords: feigning behavior; death; death feigning; population density ... See more keywords
Latitudinal cline of death-feigning behaviour in a beetle (Tribolium castaneum)
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2023.0028
Abstract: Death-feigning behaviour is a phenomenon in which a prey is rendered motionless due to stimulation or threat from a predator. This anti-predator defence mechanism has been observed across numerous animal taxa and is considered adaptive… read more here.
Keywords: beetle tribolium; death; feigning behaviour; tribolium castaneum ... See more keywords
Death-feigning behaviour in Iphisa elegans: the second reported case in the Family Gymnophthalmidae (Reptilia: Squamata)
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DOI: 10.1590/1809-4392201704021
Abstract: Death-feigning behaviour occurs when the animal simulates a state of immobility. This behaviour is described for some lizard families, among them the family Gymnophthalmidae with only one record. Iphisa elegans is a diurnal and terrestrial… read more here.
Keywords: death; family gymnophthalmidae; feigning behaviour; iphisa elegans ... See more keywords