{"id":112,"date":"2013-04-30T15:59:12","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2017-04-12T17:27:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T17:27:48","slug":"antipredator-traits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/research\/antipredator-traits\/","title":{"rendered":"Antipredator Traits"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-113\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-113\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2013\/04\/lexi_with_tern-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"Lexi Messler ('05) testing stickleback response to avian shadow.\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2013\/04\/lexi_with_tern-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/241\/2013\/04\/lexi_with_tern.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lexi Messler (&#8217;05) testing stickleback response to avian shadow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stickleback are consumed by many predators and have evolved a diversity of antipredator defenses including spines (for which the threespine stickleback is named), bony lateral plates and a host of predator-avoidance behaviors.\u00a0 Because this small fish occupies a variety of habitats, the predator assemblages to which they are exposed can differ markedly. \u00a0In lakes devoid of chasing predatory fish (e.g., salmonids) stickleback often lose much or all of their pelvic armor.\u00a0 We are currently exploring the effects of salmonid introduction on the subsequent evolution of the pelvic girdle in these pelvic-reduced populations.\u00a0 Our research demonstrates rapid, contemporary evolution in some of these populations (Kindinger). \u00a0Stickleback not only avoid predation by being hard to swallow, but also by being hard to catch in the first place. Ongoing research in our laboratory explores relationship between native predator environment and antipredator behavior. This research explores variation in performance and laterality of the fast-start reflex (Rana), in responses of fish from different predator environments to visual stimuli provided by different kinds of predators (Wund), and in olfactory perception of predators (Golub).\u00a0 The role of learning at different life history stages in generating appropriate antipredator responses is also a focus of research in the laboratory (Golub, Wund).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stickleback are consumed by many predators and have evolved a diversity of antipredator defenses including spines (for which the threespine stickleback is named), bony lateral plates and a host of predator-avoidance behaviors.\u00a0 Because this small fish occupies a variety of &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/research\/antipredator-traits\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Antipredator Traits<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.clarku.edu\/foster-baker-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}