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Playing with food: Detection of prey injury cues stimulates increased functional foraging traits in Xenopus laevis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Josie South --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, South Africa Tarryn L Botha --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Nico J Wolmarans --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Victor Wepener --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, South Africa Olaf LF Weyl --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Inland Fisheries and Freshwater Ecology, South AfricaAnimal behavioural traits determine trophic interaction strength, which in turn structures ecological communities. Behavioural responses to prey cues can inform upon how prey are perceived and detected and therefore determine whether certain stimuli can increase or dampen predatory efficiency and...