Disentangling the “many-eyes”, “dilution effect”, “selfish herd”, and “distracted prey” hypotheses in shaping alert and flight initiation distance in a colonial seabird

Flight initiation distance and refuge in urban birds

(2022) Federico Morelli et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Absence of “selfish herd” dynamics in bird flocks under threat

(2021) Daniel W.E. Sankey et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The influence of subcolony-scale nesting habitat on the reproductive success of Adélie penguins

(2021) Annie E. Schmidt et al.   Scientific Reports

Flight initiation distance changes across landscapes and habitats in a successful urban coloniser

(2020) Matthew J. Hall et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

How STRANGE are your study animals?

(2020) Michael M. Webster et al.   NATURE

Population trends of penguins in the French Southern Territories

(2020) Christophe Barbraud et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

Flight initiation distance and escape behavior in the black redstart ( Phoenicurus ochruros )

(2019) Nadine Kalb et al.   ETHOLOGY

Contagious fear: Escape behavior increases with flock size in European gregarious birds

(2019) Federico Morelli et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Predator search image and the dilution effect: When is the best time to nest?

(2019) Charles Duca et al.   AUK

Decreased vigilance or habituation to humans? Mechanisms on increased boldness in urban animals

(2019) Kenta Uchida et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

When the “selfish herd” becomes the “frozen herd”: spatial dynamics and population persistence in a colonial seabird

(2019) Philip McDowall et al.   ECOLOGY

Water body type and group size affect the flight initiation distance of European waterbirds

(2019) Martin Mayer et al.   PLoS One

Antipredator function of vigilance re-examined: vigilant birds delay escape

(2019) Kunter Tätte et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

A review of predation as a limiting factor for bird populations in mesopredator-rich landscapes: a case study of the UK

(2018) Staffan Roos et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Adjusting risk-taking to the annual cycle of long-distance migratory birds

(2018) Peter Mikula et al.   Scientific Reports

Should I stay, or should I go: Modeling optimal flight initiation distance in nesting birds

(2018) Liam Dowling et al.   PLoS One

Scavenging Opportunities Modulate Escape Responses over a Small Geographic Scale

(2017) Patricia A. Fleming et al.   ETHOLOGY

lmerTest Package: Tests in Linear Mixed Effects Models

(2017) Alexandra Kuznetsova et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Territorial aggression reduces vigilance but increases aggression towards predators in a cooperatively breeding fish

(2016) Sybille Hess et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Predation can select for later and more synchronous arrival times in migrating species

(2016) Anna M. F. Harts et al.   OIKOS

Urban habitats and feeders both contribute to flight initiation distance reduction in birds

(2015) Anders Pape Møller et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Flight initiation distances in relation to sexual dichromatism and body size in birds from three continents

(2015) Anders P. Møller et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Vivid birds do not initiate flight sooner despite their potential conspicuousness

(2015) Nicholai M. Hensley et al.   Current Zoology

fitdistrplus: AnRPackage for Fitting Distributions

(2015) Marie Laure Delignette-Muller et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Sex differences in lizard escape decisions vary with latitude, but not sexual dimorphism

(2015) D. S. M. Samia et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Vivid birds do not initiate flight sooner despite their potential conspicuousness

(2015) Nicholai M. Hensley et al.   Current Zoology

Determining the relative importance of dilution and detection for zebra foraging in mixed-species herds

(2014) Melissa H. Schmitt et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The prudent parent meets old age: A high stress response in very old seabirds supports the terminal restraint hypothesis

(2014) Kyle H. Elliott et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Stress hormones in relation to breeding status and territory location in colonial king penguin: a role for social density?

(2014) Vincent A. Viblanc et al.   OECOLOGIA

The Costs of Conspecifics: Are Social Distractions or Environmental Distractions More Salient?

(2013) Jennifer Yee et al.   ETHOLOGY

Energetic adjustments in freely breeding-fasting king penguins: does colony density matter?

(2013) Vincent A. Viblanc et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Starting with a handicap: phenotypic differences between early- and late-born king penguin chicks and their survival correlates

(2013) Antoine Stier et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Selfish-herd behaviour of sheep under threat

(2012) Andrew J. King et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Flight Initiation Distance and Starting Distance: Biological Effect or Mathematical Artefact?

(2012) François Dumont et al.   ETHOLOGY

Behavioural correlates of urbanisation in the Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris

(2012) Tarryn Chapman et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Active territory defence at a low energy cost in a colonial seabird

(2011) Vanessa M. Viera et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Effects of levels of human exposure on flight initiation distance and distance to refuge in foraging eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

(2011) S.C. Engelhardt et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Spatial positioning in the selfish herd

(2010) L. J. Morrell et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Flush early and avoid the rush: a general rule of antipredator behavior?

(2010) Daniel T. Blumstein   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Anthropogenic noise affects risk assessment and attention: the distracted prey hypothesis

(2010) A. A. Y.-H. Chan et al.   Biology Letters

Vigilance and foraging behaviour in a social desert rodent,Microcavia australis(Rodentia Caviidae)

(2010) Paula Taraborelli   ETHOLOGY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Mellowing with age: older parents are less responsive to a stressor in a long-lived seabird

(2010) Britt J. Heidinger et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Simple means to improve the interpretability of regression coefficients

(2010) Holger Schielzeth   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Disentangling the effects of group size and density on shoaling decisions of three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

(2009) Joachim G. Frommen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Aerial flocking patterns of wintering starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, under different predation risk

(2008) Claudio Carere et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Public information affects breeding dispersal in a colonial bird: kittiwakes cue on neighbours

(2008) T. Boulinier et al.   Biology Letters

Individual breeding decisions and long-term reproductive strategy in the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus

(2008) FREDERIC JIGUET et al.   IBIS

The breeding biology and population dynamics of King Penguins Aptenodytes patagonica on the Crozet Islands

(2008) H. WEIMERSKIRCH et al.   IBIS

The impact of avian predator-scavengers on King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus chicks at Marion Island

(2008) STEPHEN HUNTER   IBIS

Many eyes or many ewes: vigilance tactics in female bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis vary according to reproductive status

(2008) Guillaume Rieucau et al.   OIKOS