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14 Cards in this Set
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many eyes hypothesis |
A group of animals spends part of their time looking out for predators |
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behavior |
Anything that an organism does |
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Dilution effect |
The greater the number of the group the chances of survival is higher |
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Confusion effect |
When group, flock, school etc. constantly change position in order to confuse the predator as it gets closer |
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shoal |
loose aggregation of fish |
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mixed species flock |
Group of different species of birds make a lot of noise to scare their prey to make it easier to catch prey |
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stotting |
Letting a predator know he has been seen |
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optimal foraging |
Get as many calories as one can in the shortest time possible in order to decrease the chance of being attacked by a predator |
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optimality theory |
The animal behaves in a way to get as many of their genes passed on to Future Generations |
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patch |
The relatively homogeneous area that differ from its surrounding |
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flash expansion |
when a predator encounters a school or flock, the prey go in different direction |
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codor |
connects woodlots |
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S.L.O.S.S |
Single Large or Several Small |
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equilibrium theory |
The closer the island is to land increase the likelihood of colonization, if bigger than other Islands present the increase of likelihood of colonization |
