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BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
Volume 76, Issue 3, Pages 215-217Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.05.004
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antipredator behaviour; costs; boldness; risk-taking behaviour; Gasterosteus aculeatus
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Risk-taking behaviour has important consequences for fitness. Here, we show that risk-taking behaviour in sticklebacks consistently varies according to the habitat of origin. We compared the risk-taking behaviour of individual sticklebacks from three pond and three stream populations. Specifically, we measured willingness to forage under predation risk following a simulated attack by a model heron predator. Sticklebacks from stream populations were more willing to forage under predation risk than fish from pond populations. Sticklebacks from streams resumed eating after the simulated attack faster and spent more time eating compared to sticklebacks from ponds. We discuss these findings in terms of differences in life history and predation pressure in the two habitat types. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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