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Marginal predation: do encounter or confusion effects explain the targeting of prey group edges?
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- Marginal predation: do encounter or confusion effects explain the targeting of prey group edges?Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Marginal predation, also known as the edge effect, occurs when aggregations of prey are preferentially targeted on their periphery by predators and has long been established in many taxa. Two main processes have been used to explain this phenomenon, the confusion effect and the encounter rate between predators and prey group edges. However, it is unknown at what size a prey group needs to be before marginal predation is detectable and to what extent each mechanism drives the effect. We conducted 2 experiments using groups of virtual prey being preyed upon by 3-spined sticklebacks (
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