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Predator Dilution

Predator Dilution is a theoretical construct in behavioral ecology that explains the reduced probability of individual predation within group-living animals as a function of increasing group size, wherein the presence of multiple potential targets statistically diminishes each individual's risk of being captured.

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2017–2026

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Dilution Effect

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

William A. Foster, J. E. Treherne · Nature · 1981 · 637 citations

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Attack Abatement: A Model for Group Protection by Combined Avoidance and Dilution

George F. Turner, Tony J. Pitcher · The American Naturalist · 1986 · 409 citations

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Vigilance for predators: detection and dilution effects

MichaelM. Delm · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1990 · 402 citations

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What is the magnitude of the group-size effect on vigilance?

Guy Beauchamp · Behavioral Ecology · 2008 · 232 citations

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Group Size and Predation Risk: A Field Analysis of Encounter and Dilution Effects

Frederick J. Wrona · The American Naturalist · 1991 · 228 citations

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Authors

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  1. WC
    Will Cresswell

    University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 216 citations

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  2. KJ
    Kim Jaatinen

    Novia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

    2 publications · 236 citations

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  3. GM
    Geoff M. Hilton

    Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 250 citations

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  4. JM
    Jane M. Waterman

    University of Central Florida, United States

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  5. GD
    Graeme D. Ruxton

    University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 138 citations

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Institutions

59

  1. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    1.4K citations

  2. Novia University of Applied Sciences

    Vaasa, Finland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    251 citations

  3. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    250 citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    324 citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    234 citations

  6. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    122 citations

  7. University of Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    77 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    216 citations

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  1. The American Naturalist

    AN · 4 publications · 823 citations

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  2. Animal Behaviour

    3 publications · 199 citations

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  3. Behavioral Ecology

    3 publications · 389 citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 145 citations

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  5. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    3 publications · 641 citations

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