Search Results - "Kotler, Burt P"

Cancer Community Ecology by Kotler, Burt P., Brown, Joel S.

“…Here we advocate Cancer Community Ecology as a valuable focus of study in Cancer Biology. We hypothesize that the heterogeneity and characteristics of cancer…”
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Divergent behavior amid convergent evolution: A case of four desert rodents learning to respond to known and novel vipers by Bleicher, Sonny Shlomo, Kotler, Burt P, Shalev, Omri, Dixon, Austin, Embar, Keren, Brown, Joel S

“…Desert communities world-wide are used as natural laboratories for the study of convergent evolution, yet inferences drawn from such studies are necessarily…”
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Predator facilitation or interference: a game of vipers and owls by Embar, Keren, Raveh, Ashael, Hoffmann, Ishai, Kotler, Burt P.

“…In predator–prey foraging games, the prey's reaction to one type of predator may either facilitate or hinder the success of another predator. We ask, do…”
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How foraging allometries and resource dynamics could explain Bergmann's rule and the body‐size diet relationship in mammals by Brown, Joel S., Kotler, Burt P., Porter, Warren P.

“…Two dramatic large scale patterns characterize body size in mammalian herbivores. One is Bergmann's rule that notes that mammals tend to increase in body size…”
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Everybody loses: intraspecific competition induces tragedy of the commons in Allenby's gerbils by Berger-Tal, Oded, Embar, Keren, Kotler, Burt P., Saltz, David

“…Interference competition may lead to a tragedy of the commons in which individuals driven by self-interest reduce the fitness of the entire group. We…”
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What do predators really want? The role of gerbil energetic state in determining prey choice by Barn Owls by Embar, Keren, Mukherjee, Shomen, Kotler, Burt P

“…In predator-prey foraging games, predators should respond to variations in prey state. The value of energy for the prey changes depending on season. Prey in a…”
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Comparing Plasticity of Response to Perceived Risk in the Textbook Example of Convergent Evolution of Desert Rodents and Their Predators; a Manipulative Study Employing the Landscape of Fear by Bleicher, Sonny S, Kotler, Burt P, Brown, Joel S

“…Foragers process information they gain from their surroundings to assess the risk from predators and balance it with the resources in their environment…”
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Patch use in time and space for a meso-predator in a risky world by Mukherjee, Shomen, Zelcer, Michal, Kotler, Burt P

“…Predator-prey studies often assume a three trophic level system where predators forage free from any risk of predation. Since meso-predators themselves are…”
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Complex state-dependent games between owls and gerbils by Berger-Tal, Oded, Mukherjee, Shomen, Kotler, Burt P, Brown, Joel S

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 302-310 Predator-prey interactions are often behaviourally sophisticated games in which the predator and prey are players. Past…”
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Influence of predation risk on individual spatial positioning and willingness to leave a safe refuge in a social benthic fish by Balaban-Feld, Jesse, Mitchell, William A., Kotler, Burt P., Vijayan, Sundararaj, Elem, Lotan T. Tov, Abramsky, Zvika

“…Certain individuals tend to occupy frontal positions within social groups. Less is known about how predation risk can affect individual spatial positioning and…”
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The context dependence of non‐consumptive predator effects by Wirsing, Aaron J., Heithaus, Michael R., Brown, Joel S., Kotler, Burt P., Schmitz, Oswald J., Chase, Jonathan

“…Non‐consumptive predator effects (NCEs) are now widely recognised for their capacity to shape ecosystem structure and function. Yet, forecasting the…”
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Effects of food quality, diet preference and water on patch use by Nubian ibex by Hochman, Valeria, P. Kotler, Burt

“…Measuring patch use of a forager can reveal not only its cost and benefits from foraging, but also the importance of environmental factors and the significance…”
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Risk management in optimal foragers: the effect of sightlines and predator type on patch use, time allocation, and vigilance in gerbils by Embar, Keren, Kotler, Burt P., Mukherjee, Shomen

“…In the foraging game between gerbils and their predators, gerbils manage risk of predation using the tools of time allocation (where, when and for how long to…”
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Providing water for goats in arid landscapes: effects on feeding effort with regard to time period, herd size and secondary compounds by Shrader, Adrian M, Kotler, Burt P, Brown, Joel S, Kerley, Graham I.H

“…In arid regions, herbivores contend with a wide range of variables that influence their foraging ability. These may include plant secondary compounds (e.g…”
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Moonlight avoidance in gerbils reveals a sophisticated interplay among time allocation, vigilance and state-dependent foraging by Kotler, Burt P., Brown, Joel, Mukherjee, Shomen, Berger-Tal, Oded, Bouskila, Amos

“…Foraging animals have several tools for managing the risk of predation, and the foraging games between them and their predators. Among these, time allocation…”
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Hazardous duty pay and the foraging cost of predation by Brown, Joel S., Kotler, Burt P.

“…We review the concepts and research associated with measuring fear and its consequences for foraging. When foraging, animals should and do demand hazardous…”
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Social information, social feeding, and competition in group-living goats (Capra hircus) by Shrader, Adrian M., Kerley, Graham I.H., Kotler, Burt P., Brown, Joel S.

“…There are both benefits (e.g., social information) and costs (e.g., intraspecific competition) for individuals foraging in groups. To ascertain how…”
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Direct and indirect effects of dragonfly (Anax imperator) nymphs on green toad (Bufo viridis) tadpoles by Stav, Gil, Kotler, Burt P, Blaustein, Leon

“…We conducted an artificial pond experiment to assess the direct and indirect effects of predation on Bufo viridis tadpoles. We ran three treatments: free Anax…”
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Site-specific fears: Negev gerbils from same points of origin share anti-predator behavior when translocated to new environments by Menezes, Jorge F. S., Tiano, Inbal, Kotler, Burt P., Dixon, Cinnamon M., Dixon, Austin K.

“…Animals frequently engage in anti-predator behaviour, but the intensity and choice of behaviour is likely dependent on the environment. We used a common-garden…”
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The role of site, habitat, seasonality and competition in determining the nightly activity patterns of psammophilic gerbils in a centrifugally organized community by Wasserberg, Gideon, P. Kotler, Burt, Abramsky, Zvika

“…Major ecological forces affecting diel activity patterns include predation, competition, resource dynamics, and ambient conditions. In this work we studied if,…”
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