Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect

Foster, & Treherne. (1981). Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect.

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Journal article

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Primary research

Year

1981

DOI

10.1038/293466a0

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Springer Nature

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https://doi.org/10.1038/293466a0

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• Allee Effect
  • Cooperative defence collapses: predator-mobbing, alarm-call networks, and the dilution effect — in which individual predation risk decreases as group size increases

    This sourceField study quantifying the dilution effect in the selfish herd, where for any one predator attack the larger the group of prey, the smaller the chance that any particular individual is the victim.

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    “for any one predator attack, the larger the group of prey animals, the smaller is the chance that any particular individual will be the victim”

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