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Ungulate Antipredator Behaviour: Preliminary and Comparative Data From African Bovids

Ungulate Antipredator Behaviour: Preliminary and Comparative Data From African Bovids UNGULATE ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR: PRELIMINARY AND COMPARATIVE DATA FROM AFRICAN BOVIDS by T.M. CARO 1) (Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA and Serengeti Wildlife Research Institute, P.O. Box 661, Arusha, Tanzania) (With 2 Figures) (Acc. 31-I-1994) Summary The adaptive significance of antipredator behaviour patterns was examined in six species of African bovid by recording the behaviours' design features during flights from a human on foot. Snorting signalled awareness of the predator, and did not warn conspecifics of danger. Leaping in impalas reduced flight speeds and was an honest signal of the performer's physical condition. Bounding was used by many species to clear obstacles. Stotting carried a time cost and it too signalled the prey's physical condition. Tacking and prancing were behaviours shown primarily by Alcelaphines and, respectively, may have served to wrong- foot a predator, and signal that the prey had achieved a safe distance from it. These findings indicate that pursuit deterrent signals are common in bovids; that some convey specific information about the situation at hand while others pass on additional informa- tion about the prey's condition; and that signals of condition are kept honest by being coupled to demonstrated http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behaviour Brill

Ungulate Antipredator Behaviour: Preliminary and Comparative Data From African Bovids

Behaviour , Volume 128 (3-4): 189 – Jan 1, 1994

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© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0005-7959
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1568-539X
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10.1163/156853994X00262
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Abstract

UNGULATE ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR: PRELIMINARY AND COMPARATIVE DATA FROM AFRICAN BOVIDS by T.M. CARO 1) (Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA and Serengeti Wildlife Research Institute, P.O. Box 661, Arusha, Tanzania) (With 2 Figures) (Acc. 31-I-1994) Summary The adaptive significance of antipredator behaviour patterns was examined in six species of African bovid by recording the behaviours' design features during flights from a human on foot. Snorting signalled awareness of the predator, and did not warn conspecifics of danger. Leaping in impalas reduced flight speeds and was an honest signal of the performer's physical condition. Bounding was used by many species to clear obstacles. Stotting carried a time cost and it too signalled the prey's physical condition. Tacking and prancing were behaviours shown primarily by Alcelaphines and, respectively, may have served to wrong- foot a predator, and signal that the prey had achieved a safe distance from it. These findings indicate that pursuit deterrent signals are common in bovids; that some convey specific information about the situation at hand while others pass on additional informa- tion about the prey's condition; and that signals of condition are kept honest by being coupled to demonstrated

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Published: Jan 1, 1994

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