Effects of dead conspecifics, hunger states, and seasons on the foraging behavior of the purple urchin Heliocidaris crassispina
D. F. C. Belleza, Y. Kawabata, T. Toda, G. N. Nishihara
This study examines how predation cues, hunger states, and seasons affect foraging behavior in purple urchins, finding that starvation reduces predator avoidance and seasonal changes influence activity levels.
bioRxiv · Mar 9, 2020Ecology