| knocking on heaven's door: are novel invaders necessarily facing naïve native species on islands? | the impact of alien predator species on insular native biota has often been attributed to island prey naïveté (i.e. lack of, or inefficient, anti-predator behavior). only rarely, however, has the concept of island prey naïveté been tested, and then only a posteriori (i.e. hundreds or thousands of years after alien species introduction). the presence of native or anciently introduced predators or competitors may be crucial for the recognition and development of adaptive behavior toward unknown pr ... | 2016 | 26978784 |
| is naïveté forever? alien predator and aggressor recognition by two endemic island reptiles. | the disproportionate impacts of invasive predators are often attributed to the naïveté (i.e., inefficient or non-existing anti-predator behavior) of island native species having evolved without such predators. naïveté has long been regarded as a fixed characteristic, but a few recent studies indicate a capacity for behavioral adaptation in native species in contact with alien predators. here, we tested whether two reptiles endemic to new caledonia, a skink, caledoniscincus austrocaledonicus, and ... | 2014 | 25193147 |