Foragers must balance the costs and gains inherent in the pursuit of their next meal.
Classical functional response formulations describe consumption rates driven by prey …

Fire regimes are changing dramatically worldwide due to climate change, habitat
conversion, and the suppression of Indigenous landscape management. Although there has …

Flight initiation distance (FID)–the distance at which an individual leaves in response to the
approach of a perceived threat–provides a measurement of risk-taking behavior. If …

Animals seem to rely on antipredator behavior to avoid vehicle collisions. There is an
extensive body of antipredator behavior theory that have been used to predict the …

Optimal escape theory predicts that prey balance the costs and benefits of fleeing. However,
the use of prior experience in prey escape decisions has been overlooked. Indeed, when …

Prey evaluate risk and make decisions based on the balance between the costs of predation
and those of engaging in antipredator behaviour. Economic escape theory has been …

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Animals often make decisions without perfect knowledge of environmental parameters like
the quality of an encountered food patch or a potential mate. Theoreticians often assume …

Glucocorticoid (GC) levels have significant impacts on the health and behaviour of wildlife
populations and are involved in many essential body functions including circadian rhythm …

The capacity to habituate to, or tolerate, the close proximity of humans varies among wildlife
species and may mediate population and species viability. Some species readily habituate …