Coping with change in predation risk across space and time through complementary behavioral responses.
Pierrick BlanchardChristine LauzeralSimon Chamaillé-JammesClément BrunetArnaud Lec'hvienGuillaume PéronDominique PontierPublished in: BMC ecology (2018)
Overall, our data map the landscape of fear in this study system and indicate that prey habitat use and vigilance complement each other. Solely focusing on one or the other tactic may lead to erroneous conclusions regarding the way predation risk triggers prey decisions. Finally, future studies should investigate inter-individual variability in the relative use of these different types of complementary behavioral responses to perceived risk, along with the determinants and outcomes of such tactics.