Bio3520
Chapter 11
Antipredator Behavior
Animal response to predation includes
behavior,
ranging from
immune
responses to
size
selection and group
tactics.
Response to predation often involves a
with
foraging
activities that
affect
models such as optimal foraging
theory.
Another tradeoff may involve choosing between different
, affecting traits such as
hatching
time.
Alarm signals include different kinds of
alarm
calls and
tail
.
Prey animals sometimes approach predators, and engage in
activities,
usually in groups.
Inspection behavior affects
size,
interpopulational
differences
may be largely shaped by
selection.
a predator-prey arms
race
may play a role in the evolution of relative
size in many animals.
Brain power may be useful in
plasticity
such as
learning
about
predators.