American martens use vigilance and short-term avoidance to navigate a landscape of fear from fishers at artificial scavenging sites

American martens use vigilance and short-term avoidance to navigate a landscape of fear from fishers at artificial scavenging sites

Abstract Where two sympatric species compete for the same resource and one species is dominant, there is potential for the subordinate species to be affected through interference competition or energetic costs of avoiding predation. Fishers (Pekania pennanti) and American martens (Martes americana)...

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Main Authors: Todd M. Kautz, Dean E. Beyer, Zachary Farley, Nicholas L. Fowler, Kenneth F. Kellner, Ashley L. Lutto, Tyler R. Petroelje, Jerrold L. Belant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91587-4

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91587-4

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