Chemical ecology of predator – prey interactions in aquatic ecosystems : a review and prospectus 1
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 essential source…
Evolution and behavioural responses to human-induced rapid environmental change
- A. Sih, M. C. Ferrari, David J. Harris
- Environmental Science, BiologyEvolutionary Applications
- 1 March 2011
Using a sensory ecology approach, a mechanistic framework for predicting variation in behavioural responses to environmental change is presented, drawing from models of decision‐making processes and an understanding of the selective background against which they evolved.
Chemical ecology of predator–prey interactions in aquatic ecosystems: a review and prospectusThe present review is one in the special series of reviews on animal–plant interactions.
- M. C. Ferrari, B. Wisenden, D. Chivers
- Environmental Science
- 16 July 2010
The nature and role of predator kairomones, chemical alarm cues, disturbance cues, and diet cues on the behaviour, morphology, life history, and survival of aquatic prey is reviewed, focusing primarily on the discoveries from the last decade.
Replenishment of fish populations is threatened by ocean acidification
- P. Munday, D. Dixson, M. McCormick, M. Meekan, M. C. Ferrari, D. Chivers
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 6 July 2010
Levels of dissolved CO2 predicted to occur in the ocean this century alter the behavior of larval fish and dramatically decrease their survival during recruitment to adult populations and have far-reaching consequences for the sustainability of fish populations.
Generalization of learned predator recognition: an experimental test and framework for future studies
- M. C. Ferrari, Adega Gonzalo, F. Messier, D. Chivers
- Environmental ScienceProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 7 August 2007
It is found that minnows trained to recognize the odour of a lake trout as a threat generalized their responses to brook trout and rainbow trout, but did not generalize to a distantly related predatory pike or non-predatory suckers.
The paradox of risk allocation: a review and prospectus
- M. C. Ferrari, A. Sih, D. Chivers
- Environmental ScienceAnimal Behaviour
- 1 September 2009
Intrageneric variation in antipredator responses of coral reef fishes affected by ocean acidification: implications for climate change projections on marine communities
- M. C. Ferrari, D. Dixson, D. Chivers
- Environmental Science
- 1 September 2011
Our planet is experiencing an increase in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) unprecedented in the past 800 000 years. About 30% of excess atmospheric CO2 is absorbed by the oceans,…
Impaired learning of predators and lower prey survival under elevated CO2: a consequence of neurotransmitter interference
- D. Chivers, M. McCormick, M. C. Ferrari
- BiologyGlobal Change Biology
- 1 February 2014
It is shown that projected near‐future CO2 levels impaired the ability of damselfish to learn the identity of predators, and the link to neurotransmitter interference was manifested as major differences in survival for fish released into the wild.
Putting prey and predator into the CO2 equation--qualitative and quantitative effects of ocean acidification on predator-prey interactions.
- M. C. Ferrari, M. McCormick, D. Chivers
- Environmental ScienceEcology Letters
- 1 November 2011
This study highlights the complexity of predicting the effects of climate change on coral reef ecosystems by examining the effect of carbon dioxide on both prey and predator by letting one predatory reef fish interact for 24 h with eight small or large juvenile damselfishes from four congeneric species.
The role of learning in the development of threat-sensitive predator avoidance by fathead minnows
- M. C. Ferrari, J. Trowell, Grant E. Brown, D. Chivers
- Environmental ScienceAnimal Behaviour
- 1 October 2005
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