| Foraging strategy switching in an antlion larva. | |
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PMID: 22634046 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Antlion larvae are typically considered as trap-building predators, but some species of antlions always forage without using pits or only sometimes use pits to capture prey; they can ambush prey without pits. This study examined a species that switches its strategy between pit-trapping and ambushing and asked the mechanism behind the switching behavior. A dynamic optimization model incorporating tradeoffs between the two strategies was built. The tradeoffs were prey capture success and predation risk (both are higher when pit-trapping). The model predicted that antlions should use the trap-building strategy when their energy status is low and should use the ambush strategy when their energy status is high. These predictions as well as an assumption (i.e., predation risk associated with pit-trapping is higher than that associated with ambushing) of the model were empirically confirmed. The results suggest that antlions flexibly switch between pit-trapping and ambushing to maximize their fitness by balancing the costs and benefits of the two strategies. |
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Authors:
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Yu-Jen Tsao; Toshinori Okuyama |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-5-24 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Behavioural processes Volume: - ISSN: 1872-8308 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 May |
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Created Date: 2012-5-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7703854 Medline TA: Behav Processes Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier B.V. |
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Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Management, Endemic Species Research Institute, Nantou, Taiwan. |
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