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Birds feeding on landfill sites cause problems in terms of nuisance to neighbors, flight safety, a threat to public health,
and affecting the day to day site operation. A number of control measures exist to deter problem species; however, research
into their effectiveness across sites and for multiple species has been limited. We use a modeling approach in order to assess
the effectiveness of nine techniques — pyrotechnics, hand-held distress calls, static distress calls, blank ammunition, a
combination of blank and lethal use of ammunition, the use of falcons, the use of hawks, wailers and helium-filled bird-scaring
kites — at deterring three commonly recorded species — the Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus), the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) and the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) — from six landfill sites across the United Kingdom. The use of distress calls, falconry, and combinations of lethal and
nonlethal use of ammunition were the most effective techniques for initially deterring birds from these sites. However, when
habituation is considered, there is a clear difference between techniques such as falconry, which have a lethal aspect and
may act to reinforce the deterrence, and the use of techniques such as distress calls, which do not. However there are problems
related to legislation and public perception when lethal techniques are used. 相似文献
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Many species of territorial animals are more aggressive toward strangers than neighbors, a pattern of aggression referred
to as the ’dear-enemy phenomenon.’ In many cases, the mechanism by which neighbors are discriminated from strangers and the
function of neighbor-stranger discrimination remain controversial. We investigated the spatial patterns of inter-colony aggression
within and between two Pheidole species of seed-harvesting ants in the Mojave Desert of California by quantifying aggression between colonies in standardized
staged encounters. We also tested whether the level of fighting between workers of two colonies is affected by previous exposure
to each other. We show that neighbors (i.e., colonies less that 2.6 m away) of either species are treated less aggressively
than more distant colonies and that habituation may be a mechanism by which this discrimination is achieved. The variation
in aggression among spatially distant colonies also suggests that additional genetic or environmental factors are involved
in recognition. The function of the dear-enemy phenomenon in these ant species may be related to the greater risk to the resources
of a colony presented by strange workers than workers from a neighboring colony.
Received: 18 November 1999 / Received in revised form: 3 April 2000 / Accepted: 3 May 2000 相似文献
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Habituation and its role in the dear enemy effect was investigated in a population of green frogs, Rana clamitans. Green frogs have a prolonged breeding season, and males defend territories centered around suitable oviposition sites. We
tested the prediction that male green frogs will habituate to broadcasts of synthetic conspecific stimuli. Our results indicate
that male green frogs can discriminate familiar from unfamiliar stimuli. We suggest that habituation helps to mediate the
territorial interactions between male green frogs. Strangers present a greater threat than familiar neighbors. By habituating
to the advertisement vocalizations of their near neighbors, males avoid costly interactions with individuals that are not
a major threat to their territories.
Received: 20 July 1998 / Accepted after revision: 6 September 1998 相似文献
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