Citation
Kotler, Burt P. and Brown, Joel S. (2017) Fear and loathing on the landscape: What can foraging theory tell us about vigilance and fear?. Animal Sentience 15(5)
Commentary Type
Invited Commentary
Thread
Guy Beauchamp, What can vigilance tell us about fear?
Abstract
We discuss fear and vigilance from the perspective of foraging theory. Rather than focusing on proximate indicators of fear, we suggest that fear is an adaptation for assigning a cost to activities that incur a risk of injury or death. We use theory to provide definitions for fear and vigilance and then use that theory to compare them. We agree that there are limits to the reliability of vigilance as an indicator of fear, but we arrive at this conclusion differently.
DOI
10.51291/2377-7478.1280
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