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In a recent article entitled “The increased risk of predation enhances cooperation”published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B,\u00a0Volume 277, Pages 513 – 518 and available\u00a0here<\/a>,\u00a0I<\/a>ndrikis Krams and colleagues\u00a0experimentally demonstrate an interaction between predation risk and cooperation in breeding songbirds. It is worth reading in the light of current discussions about the co-evolution of warfare and cooperation (for example: Bowles, 2008<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Theory predicts that animals in adverse conditions can decrease individual risks and increase long-term bene\ufb01ts by cooperating with neighbours. However, some empirical studies suggest that animals often focus on short-term bene\ufb01ts, which can reduce the likelihood that they will cooperate with others. In this experimental study, we tested between these two alternatives by evaluating whether increased predation risk (as a correlate of environmental adversity) enhances or diminishes the occurrence of cooperation in mobbing, a common anti-predator behaviour, among breeding pied \ufb02ycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca. We tested whether birds would join their mobbing neighbours more often and harass a stuffed predator placed near their neighbours’ nests more intensely in areas with a higher perceived risk of predation. Our results show that birds attended mobs initiated by their neighbours more often, approached the stuffed predator signi\ufb01cantly more closely, and mobbed it at a higher intensity in areas where the perceived risk of predation was experimentally increased. In such high-risk areas, birds also were more often involved in between-pair cooperation. This study demonstrates the positive impact of predation risk on cooperation in breeding songbirds, which might help in explaining the emergence and evolution of cooperation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a recent article entitled “The increased risk of predation enhances cooperation”published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B,\u00a0Volume 277, Pages 513 – 518 and available\u00a0here,\u00a0Indrikis Krams and colleagues\u00a0experimentally demonstrate an interaction between predation risk and cooperation in breeding songbirds. 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