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unpredictability hypothesis

Scope: general ecology
Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Definition

Hypothesis that nonlinear phenomena are more variable or more abrupt and therefore more unpredictable, making animals less likely to habituate to them and causing prolonged responses

Publications (4)

article

What is the sound of fear? Behavioral responses of white-crownded sparrows Zonotrichia leucophrys to synthesized nonlinear acoustic phenomena

2014Current Zoologycentral
student_paper

The behavioral influence of nonlinear sound in Lincoln's Sparrow

2013tested
student_paper

Behavioral responses of white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys) to synthesized nonlinear phenomena

2012tested
article

The sound of arousal: the addition of novel non-linearities increases responsiveness in marmot alarm calls

2009Ethologytested

Related Concepts (8)

nonlinear phenomena

phenomenon5 shared papers

acoustic playback experiment

methodological4 shared papers

motivation-structure rules

theory3 shared papers

habituation

process2 shared papers

relaxed behaviors

measurement1 shared paper

alarm communication

process1 shared paper

behavioral response

measurement1 shared paper

vigilance behavior

measurement1 shared paper