BACKGROUND Culture—the inheritance of an array of behavioral traditions through social
learning from others—was once thought specific to humans. Recent and accumulating …

The interaction between predator and prey is an evolutionary arms race, for which early
detection by either party is often the key to success. In aquatic ecosystems, olfaction is an …

The author shares some lessons learned from a lifetime of working with and thinking about
groups. Three types of groups are described, including the impact they have on the …

It is well documented that animals take risk of predation into account when making decisions
about how to behave in particular situations, often trading-off risk against opportunities for …

The importance of chemical cues in predator-prey interactions has recently received
increasing attention from ecologists. The sources of chemicals to which prey species …

This book celebrates the guppy's unique contribution to evolutionary ecology. Ever since
Caryl Haskins described guppy populations as a'natural experiment'because of the way …

Animals acquire skills and knowledge from other animals, and fish are no exception. There
is now strong experimental evidence that many species of fish exhibit social learning and …

In comparison with social learning about food, social learning about predators has received
little attention. Yet such research is of potential interest to students of animal cognition and …

This book synthesizes existing knowledge of the process of domestication and how captive
breeding and management of wild and domestic animals have affected their behaviour and …

Prey species possess a variety of morphological, life history and behavioural adaptations to
evade predators. While specific evolutionary conditions have led to the expression of …