Gregariousness as a defence strategy of moderately defended prey: experiments with Pyrrhocoris apterus and avian predators

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F14%3A10282416" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/14:10282416 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/62690094:18470/14:50003569

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003208" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003208</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568539X-00003208" target="_blank" >10.1163/1568539X-00003208</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Gregariousness as a defence strategy of moderately defended prey: experiments with Pyrrhocoris apterus and avian predators

Original language description

Aggregations in insects carry out diverse functions, and gregariousness may also act as an antipredatory strategy, especially when combined with warning signalling. Despite many studies focused on the antipredatory function of gregariousness, there are still aspects needing further investigation: What aspects of predator behaviour are affected by prey gregariousness? Which of the antipredatory effects of aggregations are linked with aposematic coloration, and which will also work for non-aposematic prey? Does gregariousness of an aposematic species affect its mimetic relationships? We have studied these topics in the firebug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera), an aposematic red-and-black true bug with moderate chemical defence. Firebugs alternate between solitary and gregarious lifestyles throughout the year. We used hand-reared great tits (Parus major) as naive predators, and subjected them to avoidance training with either solitarily or gregariously presented firebugs, followed by a

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP505%2F11%2F1459" target="_blank" >GAP505/11/1459: Factors responsible for variation in behaviour of predators towards aposematic prey</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Behaviour

ISSN

0005-7959

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

151

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

1617-1640

UT code for WoS article

000342725700006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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