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BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES
卷 63, 期 1, 页码 1-7出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00026-3
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antipredator behaviour; decision making; flight initiation distance; lizard
Relationships between predator avoidance behaviour and predation pressure were investigated in the wall lizard, Podarcis muralis. The wariness of lizards belonging to high (1185 m) and low elevation (308 m) populations under two different predation pressure levels was compared. Wall lizards belonging to the lowland population experienced greater predation pressure than those belonging to the highland population. Lizards belonging to the population under higher predation pressure had higher frequency of refuge use, and had longer flight initiation distances (i.e. the distance lizards allowed the observer to approach before fleeing). In contrast, neither the distance fled (i.e. the total distance they fled in one continuous movement from the lizard's initial position until hiding or stopping at a safe distance) nor the distance to the nearest refuge were significantly different between populations. Escape responses were independent of ambient temperature in the lowland population, but animals belonging to the highland population had longer flight initiation distances when the ambient temperatures were higher. These findings suggest that predator avoidance behaviour may vary with predation pressure. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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