Social transmission in the wild can reduce predation pressure on novel prey signals

Autor: Rose Thorogood, Anthony J. C. Fulford, Sebastian Sosa, Liisa Hämäläinen, William Hoppitt, Hannah M. Rowland, Johanna Mappes
Přispěvatelé: Hämäläinen, Liisa [0000-0002-3766-915X], Hoppitt, William [0000-0003-0815-5720], Rowland, Hannah M. [0000-0002-1040-555X], Mappes, Johanna [0000-0002-1117-5629], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Rowland, Hannah M [0000-0002-1040-555X], Viikki Teacher Training School, University of Helsinki, yläluokat ja lukio, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Helsinki Institute of Life Science HiLIFE
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
DYNAMICS
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine
INFORMATION
Behavioural ecology
AVOIDANCE
General Physics and Astronomy
PREFERENCES
ALTERNATIVE PREY
Evolutionary ecology
01 natural sciences
Conformity
Predation
law.invention
law
631/181/2481
kulttuurievoluutio
Passeriformes
COLORATION
cultural evolution
sinitiainen
media_common
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
biology
Ecology
Cyanistes
article
behavioural ecology
CONFORMITY
talitiainen
Biological Evolution
sosiaalinen oppiminen
631/158/856
evoluutioekologia
Transmission (mechanics)
631/158/857
1181 Ecology
evolutionary biology
coevolution
631/181/1403
media_common.quotation_subject
Science
Population
Cultural evolution
eläinten käyttäytyminen
010603 evolutionary biology
General Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology
03 medical and health sciences
GREGARIOUSNESS
Avoidance Learning
Juvenile
Animals
Selection
Genetic
education
Evolutionary dynamics
Social Behavior
Parus
General Chemistry
biology.organism_classification
BLACKBIRDS
Prunus dulcis
EVOLUTION
saalistus
United Kingdom
030104 developmental biology
Predatory Behavior
evolutionary ecology
Remote Sensing Technology
Vocalization
Animal
Coevolution
Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
Nature Communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Popis: Funder: Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Finnish Cultural Foundation); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003125
Funder: Emil Aaltosen Säätiö (Emil Aaltonen Foundation); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004756
Funder: Jenny ja Antti Wihurin Rahasto (Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004022
Funder: Helsingin Yliopisto (University of Helsinki); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/100007797
Social transmission of information is taxonomically widespread and could have profound effects on the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of animal communities. Demonstrating this in the wild, however, has been challenging. Here we show by field experiment that social transmission among predators can shape how selection acts on prey defences. Using artificial prey and a novel approach in statistical analyses of social networks, we find that blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) and great tit (Parus major) predators learn about prey defences by watching others. This shifts population preferences rapidly to match changes in prey profitability, and reduces predation pressure from naïve predators. Our results may help resolve how costly prey defences are maintained despite influxes of naïve juvenile predators, and suggest that accounting for social transmission is essential if we are to understand coevolutionary processes.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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