BOLDNESS AND PREDATOR DETERRENCE - A CRITIQUE OF GODIN AND DAVIS

Authors
MILINSKI M BOLTSHAUSER P
Citation
M. Milinski et P. Boltshauser, BOLDNESS AND PREDATOR DETERRENCE - A CRITIQUE OF GODIN AND DAVIS, Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological Sciences, 262(1363), 1995, pp. 103-105
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings - Royal Society. Biological Sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
09628452
Volume
262
Issue
1363
Year of publication
1995
Pages
103 - 105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0962-8452(1995)262:1363<103:BAPD-A>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Godin & Davis (1995) claimed to have provided experimental evidence fo r a predator pursuit deterrence function of predator inspection in the guppy. We doubt that they have shown that inspection behaviour per se deters attack because their evidence is actually correlational and th us inherently ambiguous; furthermore we think their methods are flawed .