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Animals can benefit from not changing their behavior, especially when they develop tolerance to non-existent risks. Understanding the mechanisms of behavioral tolerance is key for managing human-wildlife interactions.

Keywords:

anthropogenic disturbance between-individual differences conservation environment learning

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Ecology
Animal Behavior
Conservation Biology

Background:

Animals often exhibit behavioral responses to cope with human-induced environmental changes.
The adaptive value of behavioral inaction, specifically tolerance, is less understood.
Tolerance to perceived risks, even when nonexistent, can be advantageous.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a framework for understanding the causes and consequences of behavioral tolerance in animals.
To explore the mechanisms underlying the development of behavioral tolerance.
To inform human-wildlife interaction management in the Anthropocene.

Main Methods:

Conceptual framework development.
Review of existing literature on animal behavior, genetics, epigenetics, and learning.
Analysis of the interplay between tolerance mechanisms and environmental stressors.

Main Results:

Behavioral tolerance can arise from genetic, epigenetic, or learning mechanisms.
These mechanisms differ in their speed of acquisition, reversibility, specificity, and duration.
The fitness consequences depend on the interaction between tolerance mechanisms and the specific stressor.

Conclusions:

Absence of behavioral response, or tolerance, can be an adaptive strategy.
Understanding the mechanistic basis of tolerance is crucial for predicting its impact on animal fitness.
Mechanistic clarity is essential for effective management of human-wildlife interactions.