关于掠食风险的不确定性:一个概念性审查
Adam L Crane1,2, Laurence E A Feyten2, Alexyz A Preagola3
1WCVM, Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, 52 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5B4, Canada.
Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
|October 15, 2023
概括
动物在他们的环境中面临着不确定性,特别是在掠食风险方面. 这项研究探讨了信息限制,如新的或相互矛盾的线索,如何影响动物的决策和反捕食者行为.
科学领域:
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 行为生态学 行为生态学
- 决策科学 决策科学 决策科学
背景情况:
- 动物必须做出生存的关键决定,通常是在不确定性的条件下.
- 掠食风险是影响动物行为和决策过程的重要因素.
- 生态的不确定性源于关于环境因素的信息限制.
结论:
- 了解不确定性对于理解生态环境中的动物决策至关重要.
- 信息限制是掠食风险不确定性的功能生态的核心.
- 人类引起的环境变化给动物带来了巨大的挑战,它们在不确定性中航行.
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