From fear to food: predation risk shapes deer behaviour, their resources and forest vegetation

From fear to food: predation risk shapes deer behaviour, their resources and forest vegetation

The “ecology of fear” posits that predation risk shapes the behaviour of large herbivores, their foraging patterns, their habitat selection and their consequent effect on forest ecology. To test some of these predictions we used the extensive empirical and experimental data on vegetation cover and c...

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Main Authors: Martin, Jean-Louis, Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon, Salomon, Anne, Gomez Pourroy, Devana Veronica, Schlaeflin, Mathilde, Le Saout, Soizic, Lucas, Annick, Bentaleb, Ilham, Chollet, Simon, Pattison, Jake, Martin-Blangy, Soline, Gaston, Anthony James
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Language:English
Published: Peer Community In 2025-01-01
Series:Peer Community Journal
Subjects:
Herbivore habitat effects, Ecology of fear, Behaviour and predation risk, Anti-predator behaviour, Behavioural change, Fear and habitat selection
Online Access:https://peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10.24072/pcjournal.506/
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