Fifty years of chasing lizards: new insights advance optimal escape theory

DSM Samia, DT Blumstein, T Stankowich… - Biological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Systematic reviews and meta‐analyses often examine data from diverse taxa to identify
general patterns of effect sizes. Meta‐analyses that focus on identifying generalisations in a …

Herring gull aversion to gaze in urban and rural human settlements

M Goumas, TR Collins, L Fordham, LA Kelley… - Animal Behaviour, 2020 - Elsevier
With an increasing human population and expansion of urban settlements, wild animals are
often exposed to humans. As humans may be a threat, a neutral presence or a source of …

Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) gaze is conspicuous at ecologically-relevant distances

W Whitham, SJ Schapiro, J Troscianko, JL Yorzinski - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) sclera appear much darker than the white sclera of human
eyes, to such a degree that the direction of chimpanzee gaze may be concealed from …

The gaze of a social monkey is perceptible to conspecifics and predators but not prey

W Whitham, SJ Schapiro… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Eye gaze is an important source of information for animals, implicated in communication,
cooperation, hunting and antipredator behaviour. Gaze perception and its cognitive …

Gaze following in an asocial reptile (Eublepharis macularius)

J Simpson, SJ O'Hara - Animal cognition, 2019 - Springer
Gaze following is the ability to utilise information from another's gaze. It is most often seen in
a social context or as a reflexive response to interesting external stimuli. Social species can …

Repeatability of alert and flight initiation distances in king penguins: Effects of colony, approach speed, and weather

TL Hammer, P Bize, C Saraux, B Gineste, JP Robin… - Ethology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Alert distance (AD) and flight initiation distance (FID) are popular measures used to explore
the reaction of prey to approaching predators, and thus the economics underlying optimal …

Flight Initiation Distance as Behavioral Indicator of Hunting Pressure: A Case Study of the Sooty-Headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus Aurigaster) in Xishuangbanna, SW …

R Sreekar, E Goodale… - Tropical Conservation …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Traditional assessments of anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity often ignore hunting
pressure or use subjective categories (eg high, medium or low) that cannot be readily …

Human habituation reduces hyrax flight initiation distance in Serengeti

FP Mbise, KE Fredriksen, PS Ranke, C Jackson… - Ethology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many animal populations are exposed to disturbance originating from human activities. In
response to human disturbance, certain animals display a variety of potentially costly …

Recognition of novelty in leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius) and tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)

SMA Kundey, M Phillips - Behavioural Processes, 2021 - Elsevier
Novelty recognition helps organisms identify changes over time. Studies to date have
usually involved mammals, particularly rodents. We explored leopard geckos'(Eublepharis …

Level of local human disturbance and feeding state determines escape behaviour in Eurasian Oystercatchers

BDA Azaki, W Cresswell - Ethology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Human disturbances may constitute a significant stressor for wildlife, especially where
human recreational activities overlap with fitness‐enhancing activities such as feeding …