Mateusz Augustyniak, Kalina Kołacka, Jarosław Kobak, Piotr Hliwa, Piotr Kłosiński, Małgorzata Poznańska-Kakareko, Łukasz Jermacz, Tomasz Kakareko
Globally, fish are frequently introduced beyond their native range. Some, like Ponto-Caspian gobies, are becoming invasive, achieving high colonization rates and constituting frequent prey for native predators. However, little is known about the effectiveness of antipredator behaviors of the invaders, which may shape their role in the invaded community and contribute to the invasion success. We compared antipredator behaviors of invasive gobies and native fish species after their detection by the predator, when the danger becomes direct...
December 2023: Current Zoology