High background risk induces risk allocation rather than generalized neophobia in the fathead minnow
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arz094
Abstract: To cope with the heterogeneous nature of predation and the trade-off between predator avoidance and foraging, prey animals have evolved several cognitive rules. One of these is the risk allocation hypothesis, which predicts that in… read more here.
Keywords: hypothesis; background risk; risk; risk allocation ... See more keywords