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pursuit deterrence: a standalone construct

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Animal behaviour

the hypothesis that some prey signals tell a predator it has been detected, so that pursuit is unlikely to succeed.

In animal behaviour, pursuit deterrence refers to the hypothesis that some prey signals tell a predator it has been detected, so that pursuit is unlikely to succeed. This meaning comes from Woodland (1980) in The American Naturalist.[1]

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deterrence3 fields · 3 citationsinvariant · one construct, three systems hypothesis2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs tell1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct

References

Woodland, D. J., Jaafar, Z., & Knight, M. (1980). The "Pursuit Deterrent" Function of Alarm Signals. The American Naturalist, 115(5), 748-753. https://doi.org/10.1086/283596

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