A test of the species confidence hypothesis in dusky damselfish.

Elle Overs, Sydney Stump, Isabel Severino, Daniel T Blumstein

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Article in Current zoology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Elle OversDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA.

Sydney StumpDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA.

Isabel SeverinoDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA.

Daniel T BlumsteinDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5793-9244

University of California, Los Angeles · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Visual cues are important in both interspecific and intraspecific communication. The species confidence hypothesis proposes that animals are more attracted to conspecific colors and repelled by colors, not on their bodies. Studies on terrestrial lizards and birds have tested the species confidence hypothesis and shown that conspecific colors elicit reduced antipredator behavior. To date, the species confidence hypothesis has not been tested in the marine environment, specifically on coral reefs where color communication is of vital importance. We addressed this knowledge gap by measuring flight initiation distance (the distance an individual moves away from an approaching threat) in dusky damselfish (

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antipredator behaviorflight initiation distancerisk assessmentspecies confidence hypothesisStegastes nigricans

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PMID38476140

DOI10.1093/cz/zoac099

PMCPMC10926255

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