Gulbali Institute, School of Agricultural, Environmental, and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW, Australia.
Departments of Zoology and Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Jan;39(1):52-64. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.09.012. Epub 2023 Oct 14.
Predator-prey ecology and the study of animal cognition and culture have emerged as independent disciplines. Research combining these disciplines suggests that both animal cognition and culture can shape the outcomes of predator-prey interactions and their influence on ecosystems. We review the growing body of work that weaves animal cognition or culture into predator-prey ecology, and argue that both cognition and culture are significant but poorly understood mechanisms mediating how predators structure ecosystems. We present a framework exploring how previous experiences with the predation process creates feedback loops that alter the predation sequence. Cognitive and cultural predator-prey ecology offers ecologists new lenses through which to understand species interactions, their ecological consequences, and novel methods to conserve wildlife in a changing world.
捕食者-猎物生态学和动物认知与文化研究已经成为独立的学科。将这些学科结合起来的研究表明，动物的认知和文化都可以影响捕食者-猎物相互作用的结果及其对生态系统的影响。我们回顾了越来越多的将动物认知或文化融入捕食者-猎物生态学的研究工作，并认为认知和文化都是重要但尚未被充分理解的机制，它们调节着捕食者如何构建生态系统。我们提出了一个框架，探讨了捕食过程中的先前经验如何产生反馈循环，从而改变捕食顺序。认知和文化的捕食者-猎物生态学为生态学家提供了新的视角，使他们能够理解物种相互作用、它们的生态后果，以及在不断变化的世界中保护野生动物的新方法。
