Spatial planning with long visual range benefits escape from visual predators in complex naturalistic environments

Habitat complexity influences the sensory ecology of predator-prey interactions. Here, the authors show that habitat complexity also affects the use of different decision-making paradigms, namely habit- and plan-based action selection. Simulations across habitat types show that only savanna-like ter...

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Main Authors: Ugurcan Mugan, Malcolm A. MacIver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16102-1