ArticleEcology and evolution2026
What the Dying are Saying to the Living: Mixed Conspecific Alarm Cues Reverse Competitive Hierarchies by Reshaping Genotype-Specific Life Histories.
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A central principle of chemical ecology theory posits that reliable information about predation risk, conveyed through conspecific alarm cues, enables adaptive phenotypic plasticity. While responses are known to be finely tuned to predator identity and diet, the consequences of conflicting information, specifically from mixed alarm cues of genetically distinct conspecifics, remain unexplored. We test the novel hypothesis that such mixed cues constitute "chemical interference," which disrupts adaptive decision-making by overriding canonical plastic responses. Using two obligate parthenogenetic
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