Predation

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Optimal Foraging Theory

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suggests that natural selection will
favor efficient foragers who maximize profitability, or energy
gained per unit of time

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Constitutive Prey Defenses

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Camouflage
Aposematic coloring
protective structures
mimicry

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Batesian mimicry

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non-toxics mimics toxic

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Mullerian mimicry

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both toxic

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Induced predator defenses

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chemical
physiological or morphological shift
behavior

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Adapted hunting tactics

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ambush hunting
stalking
pursuit

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Adapted Sensory advantages

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--keen sense of olfaction
--keen eyesight
--echolocation

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Adapted Crypticism and deception

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--deception

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“Life-Dinner Principle”

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--Dawkins and Krebs are responsible for this concept
--they propose that prey will stay 1 step ahead of predator
--If a predator misses prey, it just misses dinner
--BUT if prey gets detected and consumed, it loses it’s life
--SO, the prey experiences greater pressure for selection
and adaptation

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Detoxification

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…can detoxify secondary compounds using MFO
(mixed function oxidase) found in liver of vertebrates and gut of
insects

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Sequestration

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…some animals and insects can sequester the
toxins and use them to their own benefit

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Compensatory mortality

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muskrat vs mink
-found that most of the muskrats that had been consumed were doomed
to die of other causes or because of disease

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Aggregative Response

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---a short term response